Lauren Mooney is a writer & dramaturg working in theatre, audio drama & prose fiction
Fiction
Lauren’s debut novel Service will be publised by Manilla (an imprint of Bonnier) in June 2026, as part of a two-book deal. You can find out more about Service here or pre-order the novel here.
Lauren is a 2020 graduate of the prestigious Creative Writing (Prose) MA at the University of East Anglia, where she held the David Higham scholarship. She is represented by Veronique Baxter at David Higham Associates.
Photo by Erin HopkinsSince 2015, Lauren has co-run award-winning Kandinsky Theatre Company with director James Yeatman. You can find out more about the company’s work here. Her credits as a writer-dramaturg on Kandinsky projects include main-stage commissions from the Royal Exchange Manchester (There Is A Light That Never Goes Out 2019, ★★★★ The Stage, The Observer) and the Schauspielhaus in Vienna, as well as extensive work at the New Diorama Theatre, where Kandinsky was an associate company for nearly a decade.
Shows made at NDT in that time include Dinomania (★★★★★ ‘No-one else makes theatre quite like this’ Time Out); Trap Street, which transferred to the prestigious Festival of International New Drama (FIND) at the Schaubühne Berlin, where the New York Times described it as 'not only the highlight of the festival but one of the most ingenious pieces of new theater I have seen recently'; and The Winston Machine (★★★★ 'a typically probing and playful work from Kandinsky…shot through with music and mischief' Guardian) which toured nationally to venues including the Marlowe in Canterbury, Bristol Old Vic and Theatre by the Lake.
Lauren is also a graduate of the Royal Court Writers’ Group. Her ecent credits as a writer for stage include: Mrs Caliban (adaptation - dramaturgy & text for Kandinsky at Theatro Technis / CSSD, 2024) and the acclaimed, sell-out More Life (dramaturgy & text for Kandinsky / Royal Court Theatre, 2025).
Her writing for stage, screen and audio is represented by Imogen Sarre at Casarotto Ramsay & Associates.
Theatre
More Life by Kandinsky at the Royal Court Theatre, 2025. Photo by Helen MurrayThe Winston Machine by Kandinsky. Photo by Chelsey CliffAudio
Lauren co-writes scripted audio drama for Big Finish Productions with her husband, Stewart Pringle. Their credits include:
The Grey Mare, Torchwood, December 2021
Black Friday, Diary of River Song, August 2022
The Dalby Spook, Eighth Doctor Adventures, November 2022
The Lincolnshire Poacher, Torchwood, November 2022
Below There, Ninth Doctor Adventures, August 2023
Dog Hop, Torchwood, September 2023
Poppet, Torchwood, January 2024
The Gentlemen Thieves, Paternoster Gang, April 2024
Lost Hearts, Eighth Doctor Adventures, May 2024
The Quintessence, Third Doctor Adventures, Oct 2024
The Miracle of Pendour Cove, forthcoming
She also script edits for the Torchwood range, where her credits include Restricted Items Archive, The Last Love Song of Suzie Costello and Suckers.
Recording day for Dog Hop, Dec 2022. Photo by Tony WhitmoreDramaturgy
Beyond her work with Kandinsky, Lauren works freelance as a dramaturg. Her recent credits include My Mother’s Funeral: The Show by Kelly Jones (Paines Plough), which won a Fringe First and Summerhall Lustrum Award at the Edinburgh Fringe 2024, toured the UK, and transferred in 2025 to the SoHo Playhouse New York and Yard Theatre London. She is currently working as a dramaturg on new projects in development at the Royal & Derngate Northampton and Francesca Moody Productions.
Lauren previously spent two years in the literary and producing team at Clean Break Theatre Company, where she co-edited their monologue collection Rebel Voices (Methuen, 2019), and has also worked as a dramaturg with venues and companies as varied as Wales Millennium Centre, Pleasance Edinburgh, the Mercury Theatre, LAMDA and Opera Zuid.
She has run workshops on dramaturgy for Wildcard, Leeds Conservatoire, Paines Plough and the Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester, and worked as a script reader at the Royal Court, Polka Theatre and National Theatre.
My Mother's Funeral: The Show at Paines Plough Roundabout. Photo by Nicola YoungAbout
Lauren grew up in a working-class family in Northampton, attending the University of Liverpool on a scholarship for high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds. She graduated in 2012 and moved to London, working variously as a waitress, receptionist and PA before beginning to work in theatre.
She now lives in south-east London with her husband Stewart Pringle, also a writer, and their small Greek tortoise, Sacher Tort. She likes swimming, ceramics, group singing and the pub. Her fondest wish is to have a medium-sized dog one day.