And this selection of old photos includes not only well-established stars like Sean Connery, Shirley Bassey and Rikki Fulton, who were still active in the late 1980s, but also big names of the future, like a young Jude Law.
And, of course, the Capital’s theatre world also includes a host of local actors and young talent who enjoy taking to the stage.
Scroll through these pictures from the Evening News archive and see the variety of what was on offer in Edinburgh’s theatres nearly four decades ago.
5. Rocky Horror Show
Audience members Lynn Sheret, James Nisbet and Susan Campbell, all from Dalkeith, in the traditional suspenders and fish-net stockings, dress code for The Rocky Horror Show at Edinburgh's King's theatre in September 1987. | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout
6. Elephant goes to the theatre
Maureen the Indian elephant arrives with her trainer at the Playhouse theatre Edinburgh, where she was appearing in Scottish Opera's Aida in October 1987. | TSPL Photo: Bill Newton
7. Nixon in China
'Nixon in China' by the Houston Grand Opera Company was performed at the Playhouse during the 1988 Edinburgh Festival. Here, President Richard Nixon, played by James Maddelena, and First Lady Pat Nixon, played by Carolann Page, land in Peking. | TSPL Photo: Alan Macdonald
8. Fleetwood Mac
Singer Stevie Nicks with guitarist Billy Burnette on stage with Fleetwood Mac, in concert at the Playhouse theatre in Edinburgh, May 1988. | TSPL Photo: Joe Steele