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.
5. Arm wrestling
Actors and comedians Jimmy Edwards and Eric Sykes demonstrate arm-wrestling - despite Edwards' arm being in plaster - at the King's theatre Edinburgh for 'Big Bad Mouse' in February 1973. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan
6. Pupils take to the stage
3rd and 4th year Boroughmuir pupils taking part in the Extravaganza production in March 1973. The group included Jane Ireland, Fiona Kelty, Nadia Affara, Anne Gilmartin. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
7. Steven Berkoff
Actor and director Steven Berkoff at the Traverse theatre in Edinburgh in March 1973. | TSPL Photo: Ian Brand
8. Babes in the Wood
Scottish entertainer Johnny Beattie and other cast members in the Babes in the Wood pantomime at the Kings theatre Edinburgh in December 1974. | TSPL Photo: Albert Jordan