CABARET MECHANICAL THEATRE MEMORIES - A NOSTALGIC DIP INTO COVENT GARDEN'S MECHANICAL MARVEL

Step back in time with me to the wonderfully eccentric world of Cabaret Mechanical Theatre, once tucked away in the heart of London’s Covent Garden. In this vintage video you can journey back into a place that delighted, puzzled and charmed visitors across the 1980s and 1990s.
🔹 Founded by Sue Jackson in Cornwall in 1979, the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre moved to London in the early 1980s and officially opened its Covent Garden site in 1985.
🔹 With coin-operated automata, quirky mechanisms, and the inventive work of artists like Tim Hunkin, Peter Markey, Ron Fuller and Paul Spooner, it became a playground of kinetic art and humour.
🔹 The Covent Garden gallery remained a beloved destination until March 2000, when rising costs forced its closure.
🔹 Now, this collection lives on in touring exhibitions, workshops and making spaces, but this video captures the magic of those years when Cabaret Mechanical Theatre was a must see London attraction.
Whether you visited back then or are just discovering it now, join me for a stroll down memory-lane of springs, gears, grins and odd mechanical marvels. Don’t forget to like, comment with your memories and subscribe for more art and archive gems..