Alan Durband pounds by means of innovative seven-year tax-free covenants for the conversion of the building. It was a popular theatre specialising in local Liverpool settings & political subjects which gave opportunities to new playwrights – most famous of whom is probably Willy Russell (to whom Durband lent his Welsh cottage to write 'Educating Rita') and to actors such as: Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite, Jonathan Pryce & Julie Walters who joined the Theatre company around 1975. To mark this era, Willy Russell unveiled a plaque in memory of Alan Durband at the theatre in 1998 in the company of actor Pete Postlethwaite
Cindy Valentine and "Laverne & Shirley"), and her hit single "Pickup The Pieces (To My Heart)" appears in the film "" (1991). For much of the 1990s into 2003, Valentine worked behind the scenes in film and television, as a composer and musician. Composer Dominic Messinger and Valentine teamed in 1997, with credited works for the sequel to Mickey Rourke's "Another 9 1/2 Weeks", and the television series "As the World Turns" and "Sirens". Since 2000, Valentine has involved herself with horror, documentary and art genre films, such as the critically acclaimed "" (2008) and is credited as Producer on "Ruth" (2000)