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.
17. Highland fling
Dancers from the Black Theatre Co-Op do a enthusiastic Highland Fling with a piper. The group, which later changed its name to Nitro, were in Edinburgh to present '65 With a Bullet' at the Gilded Balloon during Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1989. | Rod Sibbald Photo: Rod Sibbald
18. Dame Edna
Australian actor Barry Humphries as housewife-superstar Dame Edna Everage at the Playhouse theatre in Edinburgh, October 1988. | TSPL Photo: Albert Jordan
19. Les Patterson
Australian actor Barry Humphries as Australian cultural attache Les Patterson at the Playhouse theatre in Edinburgh, October 1988. | TSPL Photo: Alan Macdonald
20. Cannon & Ball
Sheltering under a raincoat, Tommy Cannon (white tie) and Bobby Ball aka Cannon & Ball, who were appearing in "You'll Do For Me" at the Kings theatre in Edinburgh, 1989 | TSPL Photo: Joe Steele