Whether it was stars like favourites Stanley Baxter, John Grieve, Una McLeand and Russell Hunter playing in annual pantomimes, veteran actors such as Sir John Gielgud and John Mills or stars who would find fame later, like future James Bond, Timothy Dalton and Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson, they were all here.
Scroll through these old photos selected from the Evening News archive and get a flavour of theatre life and entertainment in the Capital in the early 1970s.
5. Led Zeppelin queue
Fans queue at the King's Theatre for Led Zeppelin tickets in November 1972 | TSPL
6. Eartha Kitt 1970
Singer Eartha Kitt with a glass of wine at the Kings Theatre in Edinburgh in February 1972. | TSPL Photo: Dick Ewart
7. Show on the road
Two giant performers from the Road Troupe theatre production of Le Morte d'Arthur take the show to the High Street during the Edinburgh Festival in August 1970. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan
8. Van Gogh
Scottish actor Tom Fleming as Vincent van Gogh in 'Vincent' at the Lyceum theatre in Edinburgh in November 1970. | TSPL Photo: Ian Porteous