Trevor Lock is coming back to Penang !!!! An inspire British professional comedian who will leave you in stitches!
Trevor Lock was born in the past in England but now lives in the present all over the world. After being quite naughty at school he studied philosophy at University College London and then disappointed his parents by appearing on cult TV and radio shows in the UK including TMWRNJ, the BAFTA nominated British Comedy Award winning Star Stories and the Russell Brand podcast. He saw the light, abandoned mass media for the magic and connection of live comedy events that are a cross between stand up comedy and group therapy
His brand of spontaneous in the moment improvised stand-up has gained him a worldwide cult following – no two shows are the same. His old style stand up mixing true stories, stream of consciousness word play, and silly one- liners got him on TV with Comedy Central and support slots with Stewart Lee and Russell Brand.
His stage plays, which introduced the world to Russell Brand, have been variously optioned for film, tv and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. As well as acting in all three series of Channel 4's Bafta nominated, British Comedy Award winning Star Stories, both seasons of BBCs TMWRNJ with Lee and Herring and the Steve Coogan produced Brain Candy. Trevor was also a popular member of Russell Brand’s chart topping Radio 2 podcast as Cocky Locky.
2011 saw him touring the UK via his fan’s living rooms, including Kate Moss and Sadie Frost, and popping up on BBC1 on a special festive edition of University Challenge representing his alma mater UCL.
In 2012 he debuted Trevor Lock’s Amateur Sex Tape Theory - “It is mesmerising. Lock unfurls his verbal streamers until the show is like a word and thought maypole.” Kate Copstick in The Scotsman
Peruvian auteur Alvaro Velarde’s feature film comedy La Cosa gave Trevor his cinematic debut as a gay Englishman on holiday with his wife in 1960s Peru.
Christmas 2014 saw his Comedy Central show case set released on DVD.
The last decade has seen Trevor move away from traditional stand up into new territory “He’s basically invented a new genre of stand up and it’s fantastic” BORAT PRODUCER, Lee Kern
2016’s Community Circle was reviewed by the Scotsman as “an absolute comedy
masterclass - blew me away!” ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
2021’s We Are Each Other was hailed by The Guardian wrote “We have Trevor Lock to turn a random group of stranger into
something like an extended family “ ⭐ ⭐⭐⭐
2022’s The Most Interesting Person In The Room
“The most masterful interaction between professional comedian and audience that you will see.”
TheScotsman ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Besides writing and directing he speaks in schools and businesses on creativity and has addressed The Oxford Union on The Meaning of Life. He runs the creativity playshops Reality Games and Seven Tools and Four Tricks For A More Creative Life as well as a special clinic for stand up comedians called Joke Hospital.
The Scotsman have described his work “Funny, moving and clever.” and his new “Timeout as ‘Hilarious’
The Sunday Times ad ‘Superbly comic writing.
The Mirror as ’“The most fun you can have without taking your clothes off.”
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And Kate Moss said “He talks like Peter Cook and he walks like Dudley Moore”