Mary Guyver: You Can’t Take the Show Out of the Girl

Welcome to Roaming Voices, conversations with people who live in nomadic ways.I am having a conversation with Mary Guyver, a New Traveller, performer and Bi-Lingual stage Manager. Just a bit of a warning, there may be swearing, sensitive issues and terminologies discussed. This is my second episode and was recorded across continents and not without its technical issues! It turns out that the internet in Brittany, France, is not great on a Thursday night when - in Mary 's words ‘all the gamers are on’  Hear about Mary's Badass bus life, dealing with breakdowns and learning mechanics, being a self -sufficient single mum to her daughter Circe, her life as a performer, stage manager and activist, ditching the UK and moving to France. Mary shows us that you can be autodidact (a self-taught person) turning your hand to anything if you put your mind to it, to not be so suspicious of strangers and to be mindful of the angels and the arseholes!After about 40 mins of playing with the tech, Mary and I worked out a way of still having a conversation by ditching the computer and going for a video chat on our phones. I balanced my personal phone in an empty cup of tea on my desk and balanced my work phone on another cup and pressed record! The sound is a bit sketchy and there was a weird echo and delay which meant I had to limit my own speaking to reduce the echo, but it worked out pretty good and we laughed at how bodge jobbing is in our blood!Useful links:Roaming Voices Instagram⁠⁠Young Travellers ‘Bullied Out Of School' In London, Report Finds | EachOtherEducation - Friends, Families and TravellersEducation-inequalities-faced-by-Gypsies-Roma-and-Travellers-in-England-briefing-2.pdfTravellers Skool Bus - One Eye on the RoadEducation Otherwise - | Education is Compulsory - School is OptionalFriends, Families and TravellersThe Traveller MovementTravellers TimesCND websiteCuban Missile CrisisHome - Big-Top Hire - Selene EventsMUTOID WASTE COMPANY | Joe RushCroissant Neuf | FacebookCircomedia: Centre for Contemporary Circus and Physical TheatreCircus CityRougham Tree faireIf you enjoyed this podcast and would like to find out more please follow the links in the show notes and if you would like to join me for a conversation please email ⁠[email protected]⁠ Thank you for listeningJosie 🌞If you or anyone you know are experiencing being in an abusive relationship, you are not alone, there is help out there please reach out to someone you trust or contact ⁠⁠ Women's Aid ⁠Big love xxx Josie xxxMusic Credits:Theme Tune Jingle: Pappa Jeffery!Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/giulio-fazio/marching-bandLicense code: WT24Y1KEXVWLVOSQhttps://uppbeat.io/t/matt-stewart-evans/crazy-circusLicense code: NCD7LJMH96FMYQODhttps://uppbeat.io/t/giulio-fazio/battare-prosciuttoLicense code: LROB6WF9FRYAJ2BChttps://uppbeat.io/t/gnashers/rubidium-disk-mannequinsLicense code: 9YMRLBHYEQAPDPIC