Claire Rivers

Claire Rivers trained in Creative Writing (BA) at Roehampton University, where she specialised in Fiction and Poetry, as well as completing modules in Screenwriting, Writing for Television, Journalism, Life-writing, Critical Skills, and English Literature.

Despite being a lifelong musical aficionado, Claire did not formally approach pairing words with music until she attended Goldsmiths College. She graduated with an MA in Musical Theatre (as a bookwriter/lyricist) in 2012, for which she received a distinction.

Claire is an active member of Mercury Musical Developments, supporting new musical writers and creatives, and part of the Women Who Write Musicals collective, who recently completed their first immersive theatre project “Tiny Shows.”

Claire’s writing credits include: “Cycles” (Jermyn Street Theatre)? “Tall, Thin and Blonde” (workshop Tristan Bates Theatre)? “Letter to Myself” (Tristan Bates Theatre, Guildford Star)? “First Day of Summer” (LOST Theatre Festival 2013 – WINNER with Tom Lees)? “Afterlife” (Guildford Star)? “Dave the Less-than-Average Fairy” (The Actor’s Centre)? “That Man” (lyricist - based on music of Caro Emerald, Fringe on the Fringe Festival)? “One of Those Days” (LOST Theatre, with Thomas Lees)? “Songs From the Shower” (London Theatre Workshop, Guilford Fringe Festival)? “Tiny Shows” (So and So Arts)? “A Comfy Kind of Christmas” (Pheasantry).