Pol Danheux was a puppeteer and author of books for children. As a set designer at the Centre Dramatique National de Wallonie, he founded the Théâtre des Zygomars in 1965 with Hubert Roman, a youth worker from the Province of Namur. The company, subsidized by the Province of Namur, played a pioneering role in the institutional recognition of theater for children and young audiences.