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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?
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. CAKE: A Crime of Love is by On The Brink, listed under Theatre in the Fringe programme. It plays at theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall, Surgeons Quarter, Nicolson Street, EH8 9DW, 17 August to 29 August.
The show runs 45 minutes and is suitable for ages 14+. Tickets are £12.50. Content warnings: Distressing or triggering themes, Scenes of violence and Strong language.