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AutomataFest 2025

We are delighted to announce AutomataFest, a brand new event for 2025. A three-day opportunity for makers, collectors, enthusiasts, and the simply curious, to experience the vibrant UK automata scene,…

A Visit from Automata Magazine

We recently welcomed Martin Edwards of Automata Magazine to our Mechanical Making Space in Hastings. You can read the article here (full text below) and in the May-June 2024 edition.…
A cartoon of our new venue

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…

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…

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…

CMT at STEAM CONF 22 – Barcelona

By Lisa Finch, CMT Development Director In October we had the huge pleasure of taking part in the eighth edition of STEAMConf 22 (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths) in Barcelona,…
Made in Stithians video cover

Made in Stithians Remastered

Made in Stithians: a portrait of Paul Spooner at work Launch offer: £1 / $1 off until 31st August when buying the download. Previously available on VHS and DVD, now…

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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