It may come as a surprise to some that the Artistic Director of one of Britain’s longest-standing street theatre companies, which has been disturbing the fabric of society with its eccentric brand of humour – from Europe to Asia and beyond – since 1969, is the world’s most unlikely actor.
‘I used to laugh in class all the time,’ muses Ralph Oswick, of the Natural Theatre Company, when asked if he has always been a bit of a mischief-maker. ‘Me and my mate used to have our desks turned around to face the wall! I was terrible. But, I was also unbelievably, pathologically shy. I didn’t intend to be an actor at all.’
