Jake Brunger

Jake Brunger is a playwright and musical-theatre writer. His plays include Four Play (Theatre503, London, 2016; revised version, King's Head Theatre, London, 2025); Brave New Worlds (Nabokov/Soho); People Like Us (Pleasace/TS Eliot US/UK Exchange: Vineyard, New York); Chavs (Lyric Hammersmith Studio); ’AVE IT (Old Vic Tunnels); Pub Quiz (Manchester Royal Exchange Studio, which he also directed) and Sam’s Game (Lakeside Arts Centre).

As a musical-theatre writer, with his collaborator composer Pippa Cleary, his credits (as book writer and lyricist) include Treasure Island (Singapore Repertory Theatre); Prodigy (National Youth Music Theatre/St James); The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ (Leicester Curve); Red Riding Hood (Singapore Repertory Theatre/Pleasance); The Great British Soap Opera (Edinburgh/Jermyn Street); and Jet Set Go! (Edinburgh/ Theatre503/Jermyn Street). He co-wrote the lyrics for The Snow Gorilla at the Rose Theatre, Kingston.