Whether it was favourites like Stanley Baxter, John Grieve, Una McLean 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.
13. Shirley Manson debut
Shirley Manson's first stage performance with Lindy-Jayne at the Churchhill Theatre in 1970. Shirley is the fourth girl from the left, single flower on dress, holding a taller girl's hand. | TSPL
14. Fringe parade
Performers and Fringe staff promote the Traverse theatre and a production of Massacre in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe parade in the High Street in August 1972. | TSPL Photo: Hamish Campbell
15. Miss Brodie's girls
Four of Miss Brodie's girls in a scene from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at the Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, June 1972. | TSPL Photo: Ian Brand
16. Babes in the Wood
Scottish entertainer Una McLean as Principal Boy in the Babes in the Wood pantomime at the Lyceum theatre, Edinburgh, in December 1970. | TSPL Photo: George Smith