About me
Her appearances include The Palace theatres of Belarus and Russia where she won the Best Lead Actor award for the role she originated in Red Room, UK festivals, Apples and Snakes, Soho Rising, Soho Theatre – where she trained in Advanced Stand-Up Comedy Theatre Lab and Edinburgh Fringe Festival with Underbelly. She has dramaturged and directed shows for Bristol Old Vic, Brighton Fringe, and produced the multi-award-winning musical The Scottsboro Boys for the West End transfer from the Young Vic with Dominic Lindsay Bethune and Catherine Schreiber.
Lauren’s ‘raw comedic’ poetry has been published in multiple anthologies and she is performing live and hosting workshops in 2025 at Tate St Ives Gallery 2/3/25, The Convivial 20/2/25, Moth Tales (monthly). Lauren is one of four commissioned writers on attachment to The Minack Theatre on their Emerging Playwright Programme; her play, The Point, directed by Simon Harvey (2023) is currently in development with support from Paines Plough, Tour The Writer.
My Plays
The Unmarried
Synopsis:
A riot and rave, The Unmarried follows Luna, a bold as brass lager lout fresh at Uni on the prowl for wild times. Luna puts two fingers up to the patriarchy and societal expectations pressuring her to be heteronormativity married in order to be happy. Lyrically underscored by beatboxing and 90’s UK Garage anthems, this is gig-theatre at its best.
Number of Characters: 3
Minimum Number of Actors Required: 2
Length (in Pages): 60
Location: Bath / London
Key Words: Young female lead, Beat boxing, UK garage, feminist, queer, gig theatre
Has the Play Been Produced? Yes
Are the Rights Available? Yes
Has the Play Been Published? No
Award nominations/wins: Lyric Hammersmith x Hiive New Writing Award
Reviews:
★★★★★ \'The freshest, most exciting play I’ve seen this year. Gauge is mesmerizing.\' - FringeGuru
Join the 90’s garage most \'infectious party atmosphere\' (The Scotsman).
★★★★★ \'Kae Tempest-esque\' LondonTheatre1
★★★★★ \'A trailblazing feminist masterpiece… Gauge’s play should be taught on the National curriculum\' TheGGC
★★★★★ \'Exceptional musicality\' IthankyouTheatre
★★★★ \'Electrifying\' London City Nights
★★★★ \'An Edinburgh must-see!\' Carn\'s Theatre Passion
★★★★ \'Truly original\' Female Arts
★★★★ \'Beautifully ballsy\' Miro Magazine
Review from What\'s On Stage:
\'Poetry slam meets tequila slammers in Lauren Gauge\'s fast-paced monologue. It tells the story of a binge-drinking, bed-hopping student called Luna, who has a sassy, unabashed joy in refusing to be well-behaved.
\'Gauge embodies Luna with balls-out confidence right from the start. Her sparkly lycra outfit matches the manic twinkle in her eye and the velocity of her performance-poetry style delivery\'
\'The Unmarried is accompanied by a banging soundtrack of \'90s garage and dance tracks, recreated live with beat-boxing from Haydn-Sky Bauzon and smooth vocals from Georgia Bliss; tracks like \"Rhythm of the Night\", \"Flowers\" and \"A Little Bit of Luck\" whip the audience up nicely.\'
\'Fizzy, potent and hyperactive, Gauge is the performance equivalent of the DVRB her character downs... her fierceness is fist bump-able.\'
\'Gauge\'s writing is sharp on the way society pressures us to follow certain preordained paths, and on the zesty liberation there can be in refusing to do so, in breaking free. I\'ll drink to that – although you better make it a single.\'
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★★★★ - Review by Chris Omaweng
\'[Gauge has] poetic rhythms and linguistic sharpness comparable to the musical theatre songs of Lin-Manuel Miranda\'
\'A strong and triumphant piece of theatre\'
★★★★.5 - Talk Dramaturgy
\'Wow, Lauren Gauge’s The Unmarried is a mouthpiece for the conflicted feminists of my generation... a powerhouse production\'
\'honest and poignant humor and ruminations make it hard to fault anything in this powerhouse production.\'
\'Lauren Gauge’s velvety Shakespearian verse and entrancing presence are not to be missed.\'
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★★★★★ London Theatre 1
‘Raw, electrifying’
