Rebecca Lock

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Rebecca Lock (born on 22 April 1976 in Ely) is an English actress who has worked extensively in musical theatre, including many leading West End roles.

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Early life

Lock was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre, [1] and attended Central School of Speech and Drama. [2]

Career

Lock left drama school at 19 to join the cast of Martin Guerre at the Prince Edward Theatre. [3] After initially understudying the lead role of Bertrande de Rols, she subsequently alternated the part [4] and sang the role on the original cast recording. [5] She was then in the Royal National Theatre's production of Oh, What a Lovely War! In 2000, she played Jellylorum in Cats at the New London Theatre. She then appeared in Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre, (while understudying the lead role of Mary Poppins, she played the part on many occasions, ending up alternating the role [6] ) . She was next seen in the West End when she worked alongside Daniel Boys in the cast of Avenue Q , at the Noël Coward Theatre, playing Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut. [7] She took the role of Carlotta in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre in 2009. [8] She next played Svetlana in Chess at the Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto, directed by Craig Revel Horwood. [9] Following this, she played the lead role of Mary in Merrily We Roll Along at Theatre Clwyd. [10] She joined Gillian Lynne’s production of Dear World in 2013 at the Charing Cross Theatre, where she played opposite Betty Buckley. [11] Later that year, she played Widow Corney in Oliver! at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, directed by Daniel Evans. [12] In 2014, she played Rosie in Mamma Mia! at the Novello Theatre, [13] then in 2015, she rejoined the cast of Sir Cameron Mackintosh's production of Mary Poppins in a major UK tour, playing the role of Winifred Banks. [14] She stepped in at the last minute to play the role of Cheryl Gillan MP in Committee at the Donmar Warehouse in 2017. [15] In 2018, she played Ms. Fleming, alongside Carrie Hope Fletcher's Veronica Sawyer, in the UK premiere of Heathers at The Other Palace and the Theatre Royal Haymarket, directed by Andy Fickman. [16] At the end of 2018, she played the lead role of Lilli Vanessi in Kiss Me Kate in a return to Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. [17]

In 2019, she joined Jason Manford and Ore Oduba in a UK tour of Kander and Ebb's Curtains playing the role of Carmen. [18] In October 2019, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Ursula van der Voort.

In 2021 and 2022, Lock played Rosalie Mullins in the UK and Ireland tour School of Rock.

In November 2024, Lock will play Caz in the world premiere of Here & Now, a jukebox musical based on the songs of Steps at The Alexandra, Birmingham.

Personal life

Lock is married with a 20-year-old son, Jonah. [19]

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References

  1. ↑ "nymt alumni news". nymt.org. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Big Issue North Theatre Q&A Rebecca Lock". bigissuenorth.com. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "BWW interviews: Rebecca Lock, London's Carlotta In Phantom". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Martin Guerre". Variety. 18 November 1996. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Martin Guerre Cast CD Getting U.S. Release Nov. 26". Playbill. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "BWW interviews: Mary Poppins's Rebecca Lock". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Daniel Boys Joins 'Avenue Q' as Princeton, with Fry & Lock". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "BWW Interviews: Rebecca Lock, London's Carlotta in Phantom". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "Chess review". Variety. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  10. ↑ "Merrily We Roll Along review at Anthony Hopkins Theatre Clwyd Theatr Cymru Mold". The Stage. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  11. ↑ "BWW Interviews: Betty Buckley About DEAR WORLD And The Hall Of Fame!". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  12. ↑ "Oliver! – review". The Guardian. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  13. ↑ "BWW Interviews: Rebecca Lock of MAMMA MIA!". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  14. ↑ "BWW Interviews: MARY POPPINS's Rebecca Lock". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  15. ↑ "Review: Committee (Donmar Warehouse)". westendwilma.com. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  16. ↑ "More Casting Announced for HEATHERS at The Other Palace". broadwayworld.com.
  17. ↑ "Theatre Q&A: Rebecca Lock". bigissuenorth.com. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  18. ↑ "Full Casting Announced for Curtains Starring Jason Manford". theatreweekly.com. 5 June 2019.
  19. ↑ "Theatre Q&A: Rebecca Lock". bigissuenorth.com. 17 December 2018.
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