EXTRA performance added due to overwhelming demand – 12 NOON, SATURDAY 5th JULY. Book Now
IAWS Warehouse, Cork Docklands
Friday July 4, 3pm & 7pm
Saturday July 5, 12 noon, 3pm & 8pm
Tickets €12/€8.
Family tickets (2 adults & 2 children) €35

For the finale of this year’s Cork Midsummer Festival we invite you to
come down to the Cork Docklands for a highly unusual experience…

Robodock is a unique international festival from Amsterdam that merges technology and the arts. In this unique collaboration, Cork Midsummer Festival hosts its very own spectacular indoor techno-park brimming with life-size robots, fabulous robotic theatre shows and amazing industrial installations suitable for all ages.

The whole of Robodock is spectacularly designed from recycled scrap metal and other industrial waste products. This is an important part of the Robodock ethos. You won’t believe what the Robodock crew can do with the stuff we throw away! Robodock promises to be an unforgettable finale to this year’s Midsummer Festival.

includes…

Paka and Rusty the Horse

Paka is a cantankerous old man lost in the twilight of obsession. Having misplaced the thread between fantasy and reality he is off on his final adventure with a head full of romantic dreams and a pocket full of nuts and bolts. Along with Rusty, a life-sized horse with his own distinct character, philosophy and ego, Paka is a contemporary Don Quixote armed with roses, pyrotechnic gadgets and a tantalising whiff of razzmatazz.

The Giant Robohand

Your chance to operate this fantastic, giant robotic hand. It’s big enough to crush a car! Put on the remote control glove and it becomes an extension of your own hand. Feel the power!

The Robo-Drifter

A homeless man walks up and down the streets of Cork with a shopping trolley full of plastic bags. Completely life-like you won’t believe this is a robot.

The Dicyclet

An amazing bicycle that you can actually turn somersaults in!

Festival Director. “Why I chose this?” The Robodock festival is one of the most exciting events in the European festival calendar and the Robodock artists are among the most inspirational and innovative that I’ve met. They create a heady mix of art, technology and, most of all, fun.