Rachel Hirons

About Rachel Hirons

Rachel Hirons is a playwright and screenwriter who studied drama and film at Kingston University. Her debut play WHEN WOMEN WEE enjoyed a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival in 2011 and at Soho Theatre in May 2012, receiving rave reviews: she later adapted this for her debut feature film POWDER ROOM. Rachel’s second play A GUIDE TO SECOND DATE SEX sold out at the Edinburgh Festival in 2012 and transferred to another sell-out run at Soho theatre in London during March 2013. 2026 saw the release of her latest feature film with director Alicia MacDonald, FINDING EMILY (Working Title Films).

TV

- Production
- Company
- Notes
- KISS ME FIRST
- Kindle Entertainment / Balloon / Channel 4
- 2018, Contributing Writer & Associate Producer
- VODKA DIARIES
- Feelgood Fiction for BBC Comedy Feeds / BBC3
- 2014, Writer

Film

- Production
- Company
- Notes
- FINDING EMILY
- Working Title Films/ Focus Features
- 2026, Writer
- BREAKING POINT
- Future Artists Entertainment / Ingenious Media / Dreadnought Films / Sky
- 2023, Writer
- A GUIDE TO SECOND DATE SEX
- Addington Films / Dignity Film Finance / Shooting Script Films
- 2019, Writer
- WORST FIRST DATE
- Annabel Wigoder
- 2015, Writer & Director, Short
- POWDER ROOM
- DJ Films
- 2013, Writer

Theatre

- Production
- Company
- Notes
- DIRTY LAUNDRY
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2013, Writer
- A GUIDE TO SECOND DATE SEX
- Edinburgh Fringe / Soho Theatre
- 2012/2013, Writer
- WHEN WOMEN WEE
- Edinburgh Fringe
- 2011, Writer