Sugar Factory: Workshop

In this workshop, participants will chat and contribute to the creation of an audiovisual archive documenting the history of the former Sugar Factory of Thurles. We invite you to share photos, sketches, sounds, and stories which will be incorporated into the archive. Throughout the workshop, a model box of the factory will be constructed, which will be showcased during a dance performance at The Source on the day after - Saturday the 1st of March in which dancers will incorporate the physical movements of workers in the dance.

If you or a family member worked in the factory, you are welcome to attend and share your story.

Presenting this workshop is Dancing from Archives, a Brussels-based artistic platform that creates work at the crossroads of industrial architecture, site relevant performance practice and working-class heritage. The local community is invited to actively contribute to building an archive that explores Tipperary's post-industrial and working-class heritage. The materials and stories gathered during this process will be featured in the final event of this chapter, which will take place in Brussels in October 2025.

All welcome I Event is Free