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The Tinkering Workshop Book

Are you interested in getting started making and tinkering with mechanisms, automata and more at home using everyday materials? We are super excited to share that “The Tinkering Workshop”, the…

Automata with A Town Explores a Book

Earlier this year we ran 7 automata workshops with 240 Year 4 & 5 primary school children from St Leonards on Sea & Battle. They produced a fantastic amount of…
Carlos Zapata, shows a child a cranky contraption. The table is filled with carved figures.

Simple Carved Automata with Carlos Zapata

In-Person Workshop in Hastings, East Sussex. 22nd – 23rd June 2024 Cabaret Mechanical Theatre has invited Carlos Zapata to run a two-day workshop to create your own carved automata in…
Stephen Guy with his mechanical machines made from old toys.

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…

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…

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…

Fabricating Motion Automata Workshop – October 2022

A hands-on 6 week automata making online workshop for curious and inventive makers exploring mechanisms & low-tech kinetic engineered art. Tickets are available on EventBrite About this event Description Cabaret…

Computational Contraptions Global Workshop

Join the team from Cabaret Mechanical Theatre for an online workshop creating automata using mechanisms, electronics and storytelling. About this event This practical experimental workshop is an online course for…
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