Pippa Cleary is an award-winning British musical theatre composer, songwriter and lyricist. She is the only female British composer to have had three musicals produced in the West End, including the acclaimed My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?) which opens at the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway this year. Previous West End credits include The Great British Bake Off Musical and The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ The Musical (nominated for an Evening Standard Best New Musical Award and UK Theatre Award). For the 2023 Olivier Awards, Pippa wrote the first original opening number ‘The West End Stage’ which was performed by Hannah Waddingham at the Royal Albert Hall.

Alongside acclaimed American screenwriter Philip LaZebnik (Pocahontas, Prince of Egypt, Mulan), Pippa Cleary is currently writing songs for a new animated movie musical Journey to The Christmas Star with Storm films in Norway. Pippa Cleary's career as a musical theatre composer and original songwriter is impressively diverse. Her extensive portfolio showcases notable credits such as Prince Andrew the Musical (Channel 4), which was nominated in the Comedy Entertainment category at the 62nd annual Rose d'Or Awards, along with Prodigy (The Other Palace), In The Willows (UK Tour), and Jet Set Go! (Jermyn Street Theatre). She has also contributed to The Snow Gorilla (Rose Theatre Kingston), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (BBC), Snow White and Me (Brno Theatre, Czech Republic), and Next Fall (Southwark Playhouse).