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 used to run 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 used to run 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 2020. 

In February 2020 we were not expecting the events industry to crash, 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. Crank Studios as a business in its own right. 
 

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, studio and shop, function room hire, events all with a vegan cafe & bar on site. 
 

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.