Creative Industries

Only Lucky Dogs Theatre was formed in January 2018 to make unusual, absurd and entertaining original theatre. Since then we have created several shows, attended the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and performed in venues across Sheffield. Each show we make involves…

Linda is one of the artists at Portland Works, having moved into her studio in September, 2017. Inspired by nature, woodland, Sheffield parks and landscapes, Linda paints in acrylics, oil and mixed media, using colour and texture to define her work.…

The Big Eyes Family Players play, well, something in the middle of classical, folk and experimental pop music. They have been around for about 10 years now, and released 7 albums so far. In recent times they’ve also collaborated with…

Maximum R&B band. Learn more at www.dosch-uk.com or contact theband@dosch-uk.com

Mary Sewell is an artist working in ceramics. She has been based at Portland Works since 2006. She makes ceramic sculptures influenced by the global phenomenon of prehistoric figurines that have been found around the world. She collects ochre from…

Thomas Tietzsch-Tyler has been making fine handcrafted electric guitars in Portland Works since 2014. Made in small production runs or as individual commissions his instruments are completely handcrafted, down to the nuts and bolts. Much of his specialised tooling has…

Singing Knives is a record label, based in Portland Works since its inception in 2005. ‘a rallying point for musicians with a similar commitment to what they see as a radical tradition of Northern English folk art’ The Wire magazine ‘that…