Edinburgh Retro: 30 amazing pictures of Edinburgh theatres in the mid-1970s: favourite stars take to the stage

Edinburgh’s theatres have long been a home for stars of past, present and future - offering a stage for those with established reputations, others at the height of their popularity and yet more recognised as rising talent.

There are plenty familiar names in this selection of old photos of Edinburgh theatres in the mid-1970s, drawn from the Evening News archive - Rikki Fulton, Una McLean, Walter Carr and Johnny Beattie as well as Windsor Davies, Ian Lavender, Jimmy Edwards, Eric Sykes, Andy Stewart - and even Rudolf Nureyev.

And it’s not all panto and Festival - there’s a picture of the newly-refurbished Playhouse in 1975 and an open-air version of A Midsummer Night's Dream in modern dress at Leith Links.

Scroll through the pictures and get a flavour of what was on offer in Edinburgh’s theatre world 50 years ago.

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