On The Brink CAKE: A Crime of Love
Theatre
14+
It’s 24 hours before Alfie’s birthday party. 24 hours before someone’s going to die. What happens next has everything to do with what happened before. Charlotte has made the cake. Dani has made a mistake – an unforgivable, best-friend-destroying, boyfriend-involving mistake. Darkly funny and deliciously unhinged, this reverse murder mystery slices through jealousy, friendship and the fragile line between telling the truth and protecting the people you love. Because sometimes honesty is an act of violence – and sometimes love is the crime. CAKE asks, who gets to have their cake and eat it too?
❝ you can have your cake and eat ❞★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Derek Awards
❝ A very talented group of young people. ❞★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Ed Fringe review
❝ Edgy, clever and sharp. ❞★ ★ ★ ★
Fernyhough Arts Review
❝ CAKE: A Crime of Love is quite an ambitious piece of theatre. ❞FringeReview
This show was part of our Edinburgh Fringe Programme 2026