Everyman Theatre, Liverpool September 1977. During the 1970s and the 1980s works of Liverpool playwrights, including Willy Russell and Alan Bleasdale, received debuts in the theatre: these included "Shirley Valentine" and "John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert". In addition to plays, the theatre has produced musicals, concerts, and an annual rock-n-roll panto each Christmas. During its time the theatre has been involved with the careers of Julie Walters, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Pryce, Alan Scarfe, Pete Postlethwaite, Antony Sher, Bill Nighy, Barbara Dickson, Matthew Kelly, and Cathy Tyson. The theatre is managed together with Liverpool Playhouse by Liverpool and Merseyside Theatres Trust. Since
Willy Linthout with Luc Cromheecke the series "Roboboy". In 2007, after the suicide of his son, he wrote and drew the graphic novel "Jaren van de Olifant" ("Years of the Elephant"), which was nominated for a number of international awards and won the Bronzen Adhemar, the most important Flemish comics award. Willy Linthout Willy Linthout (born 1 May 1953) is a Belgian comics author, best known for the "Urbanus" comics and his graphic novel "Years of the Elephant". Willy Linthout is born in Eksaarde near Lokeren, Belgium in 1953. He was a comics collector when he met Flemish comedian Urbanus. They decided