From its daytime café, artistic workspace and theatre workshops, to youth training, live gigs, and club nights, the Leadmill is not a performance venue with an ordinary history.
Named after a quote from Karl Marx, a leaflet picked up in a second-hand bookshop uncovers an ambitious proposal backed by Sheffield City Council and both universities.
When three people got together in the Red Deer to talk about Sheffield’s LGBT+ history, they didn’t really have a plan. A few years on, Steel City Queer History has a zine, a website, delivers talks and has exciting plans for the future.