Rogue Studios hails Varna Street move
Crusader Mill Rogue Studios is relocating from Crusader Mill to Varna Street, with co- director Martin Nash hailing its new Manchester home as "fantastic and the perfect space to enable our artists to carry on doing what they do best". Home to nearly 100 artists from all over the UK and beyond, Rogue's artists will this month move from their existing building near Piccadilly station to an old school in east Manchester. Rogue has been based at the listed Crusader Mill since 2000, occupying three floors of the building that up to that point had been entirely occupied by knitting factories. Developer Capital & Centric acquired Crusader Mill in 2015, with the aim of eventually restoring the listed structures and converting it into apartments for local residents, there was widespread concern about what this might mean for Rogue's future. When it became clear that the studios needed to relocate, Capital & Centric worked closely with Rogue to keep the artists t...