We have been entertaining and inspiring visitors & makers with our collection of automata since 1981. Now based in Hastings, UK we have exhibitions all over the world.
We need your help to run our 2026 community engagement projects. As a non profit company all donations go towards our goals to share the magic of automata with our local and global community.
We are delighted to be running this automata tinkering course for the 10th time in September 2024 Tickets are available via Eventbrite There is an early bird discount available until…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 –…
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…
