Vikki Stone is a British composer, comedian, actress and musician.

Early life

Stone went to

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, and then won a flute scholarship to go to

Wells Cathedral School Wells Cathedral School is a co-educational independent school located in Wells, Somerset, England. The school is one of the five specialist musical schools for school-age children in the United Kingdom, along with Chetham's School of Music, the ...

for the sixth form. In 1997 she became a flautist for the National Children's Orchestra. From 1999–2001 she was a member of the

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, performing in various productions. Later training was as an actor/musician at

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and then a postgraduate at the

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. In 2013 Stone was awarded a Foundation Fellowship from Wells Cathedral School and in 2015 was made an Associate of the Royal Academy Of Music (

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Television

She has appeared as a comedian on ''

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'' (

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; 2015), ''Richard Hammond's Secret Service'' (

), '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!'' (

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), '' Dara Ó Briain: School of Hard Sums'' (

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), ''It Was Alright in The 70s'' (

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), ''Celebrity Bigmouths'' (

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& Channel 5), ''Greatest Ever 3D Moments'' (

), ''50 Funniest Moments of 2014'' (

), ''Britain in Bed'' (

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), ''

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'' (BBC Three), '' The Hour'' ( STV), ''FlashPrank'' (

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), ''

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'' (

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) and '' This Morning'' (ITV). She narrated the second series of ''

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'' for

in 2014. Following a spoof ''How To'' look like Hilary Devey sketch that gained popularity after the real

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became a fan of the impression, Stone appeared in BBC2's ''The Hilary Devey Story'', performing as Hilary. Stone released "The Phillip Schofield Song", in which

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plays a cameo of himself, where he talks to Stone through the television from the ''This Morning'' set. Following the success of the video, Stone performed the song live on ITV1 to Schofield on ''This Morning''. She also plays the character Miss Dotty in the

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show ''Titch & Ted''.

Radio

Stone has appeared a number of times on

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, most notably her appearances on ''

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'', ''Live at The Fringe'' and ''Live at The Stand''. Throughout 2014, Stone hosted her own radio show, ''The Friday Night Show with Vikki Stone'', on Fubar Radio. Stone presents the

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''Proms Unplucked'' podcasts, covering the 2016 and 2017

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seasons.

Compositions

*2015 – The Night Before Christmas – a choral work written with poet

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*2015 –

for

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's Titch and Ted – theme tune and songs *2016 – The Thing That Matters – commissioned by the National Youth Choirs Of Great Britain – world premier at the

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*2017 – Stone's debut orchestral work The Concerto for Comedian and Orchestra, which was supported by the

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and a PRS Bliss Trust composer's bursary premiered at the Glastonbury festival in June 2017.

Shows

In August 2011 Stone performed her Edinburgh debut show Big Neon Letters, and received highly favourable reviews. Kate Copstick giving four stars in The Scotsman wrote “really very good stand-up, and she delivers quite a punch...cleverly constructed stuff with some terrific one-liners, smart little callbacks woven into not just the chat, but the songs too. She is a woman to watch, I suspect. Those big neon letters cannot be far away”. Big Neon Letters transferred for a run at London's Soho Theatre. A year later, her second show "Hot Mess" sold out for the entirety of the festival, with extra shows added due to demand, again receiving positive reviews. In 2013, this show also transferred to Soho Theatre. In June 2013 Stone performed her full-length show at London's

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, as part of the Udderbelly Festival. In August 2013 her third show "Definitely" opened at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival, followed by her first national UK tour. Her fourth show in 2014 'Instrumental' was her most personal and technically challenging to date. It focused on her life as a musician and her father's struggle with alcoholism, whilst setting herself the challenge to play twenty different instruments throughout the performance. "Instrumental" has been her most successful show, touring the UK in 2014, and returning to Soho Theatre in 2015. Steve Bennett in Chortle describing it as "a lovely show, playful and happy with a good heart and an irresistible energy, neatly tied together and guaranteed to please. It’s easily Stone’s best show yet".

Musicals

Stone re-adapted the musical of

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's '' High Fidelity'' to be set in the UK. Stone's version premiered at the

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on 21 October 2019.

References

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People from Rugby, Warwickshire