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.
21. Portobello Grease
The cast of Portobello High School's production of Fifties musical Grease in June 1989. | TSPL Photo: Joe Steele
22. Borderline Theatre
Cast from the Borderline Theatre company production of But Know What's Not Resisted in June 1989. | TSPL Photo: Stephen Mansfield
23. The Beautiful Gemme
Ex-footballer Pat Stanton drops in to the Netherbow Arts Centre to give Gallus Theatre Company at few tips for their production of The Beautiful Gemme in April 1989. | TSPL Photo: Albert Jordan
24. Mother Goose
Three dancers from Mother Goose, the King's theatre's New Year pantomime, backstage in their dressing rooms, January 1989. | TSPL Photo: Derek Ironside