Sarah Mayhew

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.