The Capital has attracted national and international stars over the years, but it has also seen plenty of local talent develop and hundreds of school and community productions.
Here’s a selection of photographs drawn from the Evening News archive, illustrating the drama the stage and behind the scenes in the 1950s and 1960s.
Take a look through the old photos and get a flavour of life in Edinburgh 60 or 70 years ago.
5. Ronnie Corbett in the kitchen
Scottish entertainer Ronnie Corbett cooking in the kitchen of his home in December 1967. At the time he was appearing in pantomime in Cinderella at King's Theatre in Edinburgh. | TSPL Photo: George Smith
6. Churchhill Festival Fair
The sign above the Churchhill theatre Morningside for the Churchhill Festival Fair in November 1964. The building, formerly Morningside Free Church and later Morningside High Church, was bought by the council in 1960 and opened as a theatre in 1965. | TSPL
7. Mutiny drama at school
George Watson's school dramatic society presents The Caine Mutiny in 1965. | TSPL
8. The start of the Traverse
Terry Lane was the first artistic director of Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre when it was launched in 1963 as a theatre club, which allowed it to escape censorship and avoid other rules which applied to commercial theatres. Its first home was in an abandoned brothel in the Lawnmarket, but in 1969 moved to larger premises in the Grassmarket and to its present home in Cambridge Street in 1992. | TSPL