Hi! - We're the Sutherland family. Crank Studios owners. Welcome to our studio.
We've created this business in the heart of Morley to fill the void in the arts, specifically music, within the community,
to create a safe, clean and exciting place to come and let your creativity loose.
Whether that's to come and learn or improve on an instrument or how to sing, run your business from our venue, hire our function room or join in on some of the amazing group sessions ran by ourselves or the schools that operate here.
Our facilities now also have a purpose built CAFE & LICENSED BAR on site! - Hosting weekly events, serving great coffee, hot food, cakes, beer on tap, a selection of wines and spirits and so much more... oh and it's COMPLETELY VEGAN! Doing our bit for the planet.
Have a look around to see what's on offer here and get in touch today to enquire about booking our facilities or activities. Or just pop in for a brew. We're open 7 days a week. See you soon.
If you wish to use our space outside of the opening times listed, let us know & we can look to accommodate you.
If we do not answer the phone, you can contact us via our 'contact us' page or our social media
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Opening Times
- 15:00 - 20:00
- 15:00 - 20:00
- 15:00 - 20:00
- 15:00 - 23:00
- 09:30 - 00:00
- 19:30 - 00:00
- Available for bookings all day
- Available for bookings all day
Our Story
Hi - We are Mollie & Rob. Partners in both life and business. Here we are picking up the keys to our very first premises back in February 2020, which became the foundations of what Crank is today. We thought we'd take this opportunity to introduce ourselves.
We met in 2015 when we appeared in a musical together, eventually ending up in a band together in the summer of 2016. Our story really begins there.
We are both professional performers and tutors, Mollie with her background and degree in acting and musical theatre and Rob with his in popular music and technology. We have performed up and down the UK as part of musicals, bands, duos and as soloists and Rob also as a sound engineer, technician and DJ.
Mollie ran her events company from 2016-2020, which provided performers and staff to events and venues. As well as creating themed seasonal events, kids activity classes and bespoke shows such as Christmas pantomimes.
Rob ran his music education and tech company 2015-2020. Providing audio-visual equipment and technical support to events, venues and recording projects, as well as offer music lessons. Our two companies eventually grew to a level large enough to warrant a shared premises.
In February 2020 we found our first premises! We signed the lease, not expecting the events industry to crash and our companies to go under overnight when Covid hit, so we had to think and adapt fast. After a few months of lockdown we had created our new plan, creating what became the first iteration of Crank Studios, at Crank Mills in Morley.
With a lot of elbow grease, paint, DIY skills and some fantastic support from our friends and family, managed to open. 3 years open at the first premises we took the school to having 130+ students and 5 tutors, got married, had a child and decided we had done what we could at the mill. Lease was coming to an end so we got searching and found the most amazing potential in what was the upstairs of Yorkshire Bank.
November 2023-February 2024 we built what we are today. This has been the hardest thing we have ever attempted but the team, friends, family, customers and the community have been incredible. Thank you so much and welcome to Crank Studios Phase 2! Music school, venue, studio and shop. Weekly events and a function room available to hire, all with a cafe & bar on site. Oh and the menu is fully vegan!
We opened these studios for the local community to let their creative juices flow. To train, rehearse and perfect their skills in whatever they do. Be it dancing, singing , acting or playing a musical instrument. We're here to host your business, rehearsals and events, hiring our spaces to you or to teach you what you want to know. It's taken years of training and experience within our industry to get to this point. We look forward to welcoming you in.
See you at Crank!
Rob & Mollie