About
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Liberty Rocks is an Artistic Partnership, founded in 2010 between Artistic Director, Creator and immersive theatre specialist Ruby Jennings and Producer, Writer and Devisor Juliet Webb.
We specialise in outdoor moving theatre, working across a range of media, from steel sculpture to installation, immersive theatre and circus.
Ruby has worked as an Art and Design Lecturer and workshop leader. Specialising in working with hard to reach groups such as young offenders, women on probation and people with profound mental health needs Ruby has more than 10 years experience in the sector. Previous jobs include;
Lecturer Art and Design Reading YOI (2008-2009)
Lecturer City of Bath College (2009-2011)
Social Enterprise Manager St Mungos (p/t) (2011-2013)
Workshop Leader in Arts and Metalwork for Worcester,County Council (p/t) (2016-2017)
Clients include B Arts, Left Coast, (through Spare Parts), Live and Local, both Emily Eavis and Theatre and Circus at Glastonbury Festival, The Northern Festivals Association, Boomtown Fair, Secret Garden Party and Arts Council England. Our budgets for projects range from £5000 - £70,000.
Our machines are powered by human traction and solar energy and are created from recycled materials, wood and metal. We convey a hopeful message of a sustainable and increasing respect for fragile resources.
We have three large, mobile pieces of installation art on tour. The Marie Celestial is a mechanical, moving, space galleon which can perform the roles of, imaginative play space, stage set, aerial circus rig and flame thrower. It was built by a community cooperative project which trained young people in metalworking in Bristol in 2015 supported by funds raised by a successful Kickstarter campaign and the Northern Festivals Network & Glastonbury Festival. It has toured in 2015 & 2017.
Lost Luggage was developed in 2017. Also supported by Arts Council England is a semi-sentient, roaming, robotic stegosaurus, crammed with abandoned suitcases and other household items from a long lost extraterrestrial race, mysteriously akin to our own.
The Wherever People is a show which takes place on board a miniature barrel top wagon deals with difficult topics of migration in a format suitable for a young audience and has a workshop activity attached. This toured in the Midlands in 2015 & 2017. -
Management
Ruby Jennings - Artistic Director
Juliet Webb - Producer
