# Cabaret Mechanical Theatre: Mechanical is our middle name

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## Pages
- [About Us](https://cabaret.co.uk/about-us/)
- [Contact](https://cabaret.co.uk/about/contact/)
- [Terms \& Conditions](https://cabaret.co.uk/store/terms-conditions-2/)
- [Privacy Policy](https://cabaret.co.uk/privacy-policy/)
- [Store](https://cabaret.co.uk/store/)
- [Blog](https://cabaret.co.uk/blog/)
- [Artists](https://cabaret.co.uk/artists/)
- [Exhibitions](https://cabaret.co.uk/exhibitions/)
- [Now and Future](https://cabaret.co.uk/exhibitions/current/)
- [Previous](https://cabaret.co.uk/exhibitions/previous/)
- [Making](https://cabaret.co.uk/making/)

## Posts
- [Revealed\! The Hastings Contraption](https://cabaret.co.uk/revealed-the-hastings-contraption/)
- [The Hastings Contraption](https://cabaret.co.uk/the-hastings-contraption/)
- [Automata at Hastings Museum](https://cabaret.co.uk/automata-at-hastings-museum-2/)
- [Automata in the Classroom](https://cabaret.co.uk/automata-in-the-classroom/)
- [2026 Automata Exhibitions](https://cabaret.co.uk/2026-automata-exhibitions/)

## Products
- [Paul Spooner Interview](https://cabaret.co.uk/product/paul-spooner-interview/): This Paul Spooner interview conducted by Ryan Jenkins of Wonderful Idea Co\. was recorded in 2020\.
Topics include Spooner's background \& history\. A look at some of the machines from his recent Bio\-Economie installation at the Nawareum and much more\.
- [How to Make Automata](https://cabaret.co.uk/product/how-to-make-automata/): Keith Newstead introduces the basic mechanisms and methods that are used in automata, mechanical sculpture and moving toys\. Watch the trailer below\.
- [Made in Stithians](https://cabaret.co.uk/product/made-in-stithians/): Made in Stithians: a portrait of Paul Spooner at work

What do artists do all day?

Available to download via PayHip\.
- [Magic Soup \- Anubis Automata Kit](https://cabaret.co.uk/product/magic-soup-anubis-automata-kit/): Anubis demonstrates the ancient magic soup trick\. Now you see it, now you don't\. Watch carefully \- the soup changes colour whenever Anubis lifts the pyramid\.
- [The Hastings Contraption](https://cabaret.co.uk/product/the-hastings-contraption/): An International Automata Collaboration\.

Join Tom Haney, Fi Henshall, Joseph Wallace \& Carlos Zapata for an afternoon of presentations and the unveiling of a brand new machine\.

Saturday 19th September 2026\.

\<strong\>2\-6pm\</strong\>

2pm \- Doors open
2\.30pm \- Artist talks begin
3\.15pm \- Refreshment break
3\.30pm \- Artist talks continue and the reveal of The Contraption\. Including an opportunity for a Q\&A with the artists\.
5\-6pm \- Mechanical Networking

\<a href="https://hastingssussex\.uk/directory/businesses/venue\-hire/event\-venues/listing/the\-printworks/"\>The Printworks\</a\>, 14 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HA

## Categories
- [Archived](https://cabaret.co.uk/category/archived/)
- [Exhibitions](https://cabaret.co.uk/category/exhibitions/)
- [Shop News](https://cabaret.co.uk/category/shop/)
- [News](https://cabaret.co.uk/category/news/)
- [Artists](https://cabaret.co.uk/category/artists/)

## Tags
- [Paul Spooner](https://cabaret.co.uk/tag/paul-spooner/)
- [Keith Newstead](https://cabaret.co.uk/tag/keith-newstead/)
- [Carlos Zapata](https://cabaret.co.uk/tag/carlos-zapata/)
- [Tim Hunkin](https://cabaret.co.uk/tag/tim-hunkin/)
- [Ron Fuller](https://cabaret.co.uk/tag/ron-fuller/)

## Product categories
- [Automata](https://cabaret.co.uk/product-category/automata/)
- [One\-Offs](https://cabaret.co.uk/product-category/automata/one-offs/)
- [Vintage Automata](https://cabaret.co.uk/product-category/automata/vintage/)
- [Limited Editions](https://cabaret.co.uk/product-category/automata/limited-editions/)
- [Mechanical Making Projects \- Automata Kits](https://cabaret.co.uk/product-category/automata-kits/)

## Product tags
- [Assorted craft materials](https://cabaret.co.uk/product-tag/assorted-craft-materials/)

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