Biography
Rachel Hirons is a British screenwriter, playwright and director. She studied drama and film at Kingston University. Her early work includes the play When Women Wee, which had a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival in 2011 and Soho Theatre in 2012, and was later adapted into the 2013 feature film Powder Room.
Her second play, A Guide to Second Date Sex, also premiered at the Edinburgh Festival in 2012 before transferring to Soho Theatre; she wrote and directed the 2019 film adaptation. Hirons contributed to the 2018 Channel 4 series Kiss Me First as writer and associate producer, wrote the 2023 film Breaking Point, and wrote the screenplay for the 2026 Working Title romantic comedy Finding Emily.
