Edinburgh Retro: 30 nostalgic pictures of Capital theatres in the early 1970s from Billy Connolly to Stanley Baxter

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.