Edinburgh Retro: 29 brilliant pictures of city theatres in the early 1980s, including Billy Connolly, Shakin' Stevens and Shirley Bassey

From Stanley Baxter to Peter Ustinov, not to mention Cliff Richard and Billy Connolly, so many big names have entertained audiences in Edinburgh.

The Capital’s thriving cultural scene is not just in evidence at Festival time.

Scroll through and get a taste of Edinburgh’s theatreland around four decades ago.

13. The HeeBee GeeBees (

Oxford Theatre Cabaret) on Edinburgh Festival Fringe 1981 | TSPL

British actor Frank Windsor smoking a cigar backstage at the King's Theatre in Edinburgh, June 1981 | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout

Members of Scotland's first feminist theatre company Lip Service in July 1981. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood

'On The Razzle' at the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, starring Felicity Kendall and Ray Brooks, September 1981 | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan