| The Show: "Chanson - The Space in Between" |
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| Britain's foremost chansonnier and cabaretist Barb Jungr blends newly commissioned translations of French classics (Piaf, Jacques Brel, Léo Ferré) with radical reworkings of contemporary songs (Elvis Costello, Rob Johnson) to create an extraordinary emotional journey. Jungr takes the audience through a magical and moving show with Garry Laybourn's projected paintings, Debbie Isitt's sensitive direction and accompanied by London's leading musicians playing accordion, piano and double bass. Expressing pure emotion with her superb voice, blending storytelling, humour and song, Barb Jungr can, it seems, do anything." (The Scotsman) |
| "Barb Jungr can, it seems, do anything." |
| The Scotsman |
| "These torch song elegies have never sounded more haunting or emotionally charged." |
| Glasgow Herald |
| "Jungr is at home in all traditions. Move over Ute Lemper." |
| The Times |
| "Jungr's Chanson repertoire is extensive and quite magical. Songs full of emotion and bittersweet knowledge, sung in a rich and evocative voice, and presented with all the intimacy of a born storyteller." |
| The Stage |
| "She does things with her voice that make you gasp... this show is a cracker." |
| Metro |
| "Powerfully soul-searching, heart-laid-bare performance." |
| Glasgow Herald |
| "The songs are varied, introduced with personal and amusing anecdotes and always sung brilliantly." |
| The Metro |
| "The ghosts of Edith Piaf mingle with the influences of giants like Nina Simone and the gutsiness of Bessie Smith." |
| Morning Star |
| "Barb Jungr opens her mouth and you fall in love." |
| Outcast Magazine |
| "Her singing is a spine tingling force to be reckoned with." |
| The List |
| "A singer and storyteller of considerable power and humour." |
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