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.
1. Rikki Fulton in The Miser
Scottish actor Rikki Fulton in Moliere's The Miser at the Lyceum theatre Edinburgh in May 1973. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
2. Robinson Crusoe
The cast of the 1973 King's Theatre, Edinburgh pantomime , Robinson Crusoe. From left: Larry Marshall, Rikki Fulton, Una McLean and Walter Carr. | TSPL Photo: Ian Brand
3. The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Bill Paterson in the 7:84 theatre company's production of The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil at the Lyceum theatre in November 1973. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan
4. Godspell
Cast members of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe production of Godspell at the King's theatre in September 1973, including Jess Conrad (Superman shirt) and Lesley Joseph (standing on bench in bloomers, right). | TSPL Photo: Hamish Campbell