 In May 2012, he announced on Twitter that he had a new company, Broken Leg Workshops, which runs pop-up workshops for new actors offering help and advice of the kind he wished he had received when he first entered the business.The first workshop was held in Liverpool, followed by Manchester and Leeds.Sutton met playwright Ian Salmon through The Anfield Wrap and this led to Sutton appearing in Salmon's play "Venus Rising" at the Hope Street Theatre in Liverpool in 2018.