We are delighted to be running this automata tinkering course for the 10th time in September 2024 Tickets are available via Eventbrite There is a super early bird discount available until the end of 2023! This six week programme has been designed to explore the combination of art and engineering. The classes will be led […]
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Spread the Word!
We are mid way through our crowdfunder campaign to reach our new £30,000 goal to help us set up our Mechanical Making Space in Hastings. We want to send a huge thank you to the 151 supporters that have already generously donated, in the first week we made it to our first goal of £20,000, […]
Mechanical Making Space Crowd Funder
We have found our new home in Hastings on the south coast of England and we need your help to raise £20,000 to get our new space underway so we can venture into the next chapter of Cabaret Mechanical Theatre’s 40 year history. Please visit the Crowdfunder Campaign Page to support us via a donation […]
Meet the Artist – Stephen Guy
Stephen Guy has been collaborating with Cabaret Mechanical Theatre for many years, starting in Covent Garden in the early 1990s. If you’ve been to one of our exhibitions in the UK or worldwide you will have certainly enjoyed some of his playful machines. Steve is also keen to share his love of all things moving […]
Meet the Artist – Loulou Cousin
Have you seen our newly launched Mechanical Making Project Mini Automata kits? The quirky characters and concept were created by artist and artist facilitator Loulou Cousin who we’ve been working with over the past couple of years. She skilfully brings to life comical scenes with card and collage and is one of the facilitators of […]
New US touring hub for Mechanics Alive
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 […]
Automata Tinkering Global Workshop
Join other artists, makers & educators from all over the world to discover & share automata making ideas & mechanisms in an online course. This workshop has now happened – Tickets & Details for the September Edition Here About this event This six week programme has been designed to explore the combination of art and […]
Fabricating Motion Automata Workshop – Hastings
Cabaret Mechanical Theatre have invited Stephen Guy to run his extremely successful two-day workshop exploring mechanisms and creating your own automata in Hastings in May 2023. Click here for tickets and details for the next workshop in September 2023. The workshop will be hosted in Rose Cottage, a fantastic new artists’ studio and workshop space […]
43 Years of Family Friendly Automata Exhibitions
By Lisa Finch, CMT Development Director Cabaret Mechanical Theatre is an iconic collection of automata, or moving sculpture. These whimsical mechanical artworks illustrate their inner workings at the push of a button or turn of a lever often reflecting on social and cultural identity through a mix of ingenuity, irreverence, idiosyncrasy and humour. Simultaneously they […]
Upcoming Automata Auction
Whilst we were in Covent Garden (1984-2000) Cabaret Mechanical Theatre was one of Sir Nicholas Goodison’s favourite shops. This article from The Times in 1997 details some of the automata that he loved. Sir Nicholas sadly passed away in 2021. Over his lifetime, starting at age 19, he amassed a magnificent collection of over 900 […]
