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.
25. Theatre site
A crane and heavy plant at Edinburgh's notorious Castle Terrace gap site in March 1989, beginning the construction of a £35 million office and theatre complex, now Saltire Court and the Traverse Theatre. | TSPL Photo: George Smith
26. Babes in the Wood
Four girls from the chorus line of 'Robin Hood and The Babes in the Wood' pantomime, which was playing the King's theatre in Edinburgh, December 1989. Left to right: Fiona Laird, Julie Ann Murray, Phyllis Hutchison, Roberta Moir. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
27. Robin Hood
Allan Stewart, Bill Torrance and Russell Hunter in the 'Robin Hood and The Babes in the Wood' pantomime, which was playing the King's theatre in Edinburgh, December 1989. | TSPL Photo: Alan Macdonald
28. Young Jude Law
British actor Jude Law, aged 16, leads the cast of the National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) production of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat' at the Edinburgh Festival 1989. | TSPL Photo: Alan Macdonald