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.
25. No Sex, Please We're British
A scene from No Sex, Please We're British at the King's Theatre Edinburgh in April 1971, wth Linda Thorson (left) and Michael Crawford. | TSPL
26. Festival Theatre model
Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh is shown a model of the planned new Edinburgh Festival Theatre during the Royal Family's visit to the Royal Scottish Academy in July 1971. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan
27. Dick Whittington
Walter Carr and Una McLean (as Dick) in Dick Whittington pantomime at the Lyceum theatre in Edinburgh in December 1971. | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan
28. When We Are Married
British actor, comedian and raconteur Fred Emney, in Edinburgh to appear in When We Are Married at the King's Theatre in October 1970. | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout