Sarah Mayhew
Acting
Biography
Sarah Mayhew is an Actor/Director and Artistic Director of Old Trunk, she’s worked extensively in theatre, TV, film, comedy, radio. She has been an Associate Artist at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, Mercury Creatives at Mercury Theatre & resident artist at Metal & East 15. Sarah started her career as a dancer working internationally & in the UK. She performed in, produced & hosted the critically acclaimed improv group Quirkish Delight & appeared in & has written for a host of comedy sketch shows. Sarah’s recent credits include: Jenny in ITV’s hit drama Professor T, Nancy in Toast of Tinseltown (BBC), Fay in Hitmen 2 (Sky) with Mel & Sue, Maggie in BBC’s White Gold (BBC), Tracy in the multi award winning, BAFTA/OSCAR listed film My Brother is a Mermaid & Isobel in the feature film Cottontail. Theatre credits include: Old Trunk’s Fran & Leni (nominated for best actor), Pramkicker, The Bastard Children of Remington Steele, The Secret Life of Andy Williams. Russell Kane’s Fakespeare, The Winslow Boy, The Sunshine Boys, Erpingham Camp, Danny & the Deep Blue Sea, Serving It Up, Road. As a Director Sarah was picked for the prestigious RYTD scheme under Douglas Rintoul at Queens Theatre & worked as his Assistant on DNA for Central School of Speech & Drama. She has directed all of Old Trunk’s 4 & 5 star shows. Fran & Leni and Pramkicker are published by Bloomsbury Methuen and have been staged worldwide.
Known For
Professor Jasper Tempest, a genius Cambridge University criminologist with OCD and an overbearing mother, advises the police. British version of the Belgian crime drama of the same name.
Professor T
Tortured thespian Steven Toast relocates to the ultimate actor's playground - Hollywood. Surely this time he will get the adulation he so richly deserves.
Toast of Tinseltown
The story of a double-glazing showroom in Essex in the 80s, led by charismatic Vincent Swan, and his unscrupulous sales team, Brian Fitzpatrick and Martin Lavender.
White Gold
Having stumbled into a career in contract killing, misfits Fran and Jamie are not your typical killers for hire. Working out of their scruffy van, each episode follows the hapless duo as they try to carry out their latest hit, inevitably derailed by incompetence, bickering, and inane antics. As each hit goes south, our (anti)heroes are thrown into one bizarre misadventure after another, each full of oddball characters and unexpected dilemmas.
Hitmen
After the death of his wife, Kenzaburō receives an unexpected letter from beyond the grave. His late wife asks him to travel to Lake Windermere in England with their son to scatter her ashes. Plagued by sweet and painful memories of his wife, Kenzaburō travels to England from Tokyo to fulfill her final wish, but the father and son's fraught relationship threatens to upend their journey.
Cottontail
A short film about the experiences of a non-binary teenager, as seen through the eyes of their 7-year old brother. Set in a desolate seaside town, the film fuses social realism with fairytale, as it examines how a child's innocence and unconditional love can be a powerful and disruptive force for good.