The Capital’s thriving cultural scene is not just in evidence at Festival time.
Here re some fascinating photos selected from the Evening News archive showing some of the shows, big names and famous plays which were on stage in the Capital in the early 1980s.
Scroll through and get a taste of Edinburgh’s theatreland around four decades ago.
5. Bill Bryden at Festival
Bill Bryden, associate director of the National Theatre at an Edinburgh Festival press conference in April 1980. | TSPL Photo: Dick Ewart
6. Billy Conolly presents 'Evening News' awards
Billy Conolly presents the "Evening News" Festival Cavalcade awards in August 1980. Front row, L-R - John Graves, Edinburgh Taxi Trade (class 1), John Galloway, Balbardie primary school (class 2), Stan Paterson, The Job Centre (class 3), Christopher Donkin, Children's Music Theatre (class 4), Mrs Elizabeth Kennedy, Bathgate Community Education Centre (commended) and Archie Kennedy and J.Miller of Livingston Festival (commended). | LIBRARY Photo: Bill Stout
7. Shirley Bassey at Playhouse
British singer Shirley Bassey in rehearsal at the Playhouse theatre in Edinburgh, November 1980. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
8. Brian Glover's Passion
Brian Glover in the National Theatre Company production of The Passion at the Assembly Hall during Edinburgh Festival 1980. | TSPL