New Cabaret Mechanical Theatre US touring Hub at Explora Science Centre, New Mexico, US. Our history of exhibiting and collaborating with numerous science centres in the US goes back to October 1999 when we were invited to MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to be part of MindFest, an experiment looking at playful invention and exploration. Through […]
Wonderful Idea Co
We are delighted to welcome Ryan and Nicole of Wonderful Idea co, USA, on board to help with our exhibition development. They started working with us last autumn, Nicole designed and fabricated a playful interactive sign to welcome visitors to the show and Ryan traveled to Explora, Albuquerque to lead professional development workshops with the […]
Summer Automata Exhibitions
There are currently six touring exhibitions featuring automata from Cabaret Mechanical Theatre on display around the world. The Mechanicals show is at The Royal Engineers Museum in the UK and Frost Science in Miami. Moving Toys with Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre is in South Korea. The Clockwork Garden is at The Bowes Museum until November. There […]
Curious Contraptions at the Exploratorium
Our latest touring exhibition, Curious Contraptions will be at the Exploratorium, San Francisco, from 17th November to Jan 29th 2017. The exhibition features work from 15 different artists, both from the UK and USA and a series of automata making workshops will accompany the exhibition. To learn more about this exciting event, visit the Curious […]
Franklin Institute Machines
I was recently at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The Amazing Machines Gallery has some of the best examples of basic mechanics that I have seen.