Barb Jungr is a renowned musical theatre writer and an award-winning singer, songwriter, and performer. She has worked extensively in children’s theatre after writing the music and songs for three pantomimes directed by Cal McCrystal at the Newbury Corn Exchange. She was the lyricist for Birmingham Theatre Company’s “The Jungle Book” (2011) directed by Neal Foster.
For The Little Angel Theatre, in collaboration with director Peter Glanville, she created “The Fabulous Flutterbys” (book, music, and songs), and she co-adapted and wrote songs and music for “We’re Going On A Bear Hunt,” which has toured extensively since. With director Samantha Lane, she co-adapted and wrote songs and music for “The Singing Mermaid,” “The Smartest Giant in Town” (Olivier Award nominated in 2023 for Best Family Show), “Charlie Cook and His Favourite Book,” and “A Squash and a Squeeze” (2025). In 2019/2020 she was co-writer with Samantha Lane of “The Pixie and the Pudding,” for which she wrote music and songs, and she co-wrote and recorded music for the Little Angel Theatre film “Mother Christmas” in 2020.
For Polka Theatre she wrote lyrics and music for “How to Hide a Lion,” she was composer and lyricist for Michael Rosen’s “Chocolate Cake,” which she co-adapted, and she was composer and lyricist for “Jack V Giant.”
In 2018 she was lyricist and co-writer of “Liver Birds Flying Home” for The Royal Court, Liverpool. She is the originator and lyricist for “Soho Songs” (with director Benji Sperring and composer Mike Lindup of Level 42), which had a workshop performance at The Riverside Studios, Hammersmith in June 2025, produced by Denise Silvey’s Cahoots Productions. “The Worthing Girls,” which she is currently writing with book writer Sue Teddern, is in concert workshop performance at The Connaught Theatre, Worthing, in September 2025, produced by James Seabright and directed by Samantha Lane.
