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.
9. Cinderella chorus line
The chorus line in the Cinderella pantomine, at the King's Theatre Edinburgh, December 1967. | TSPL Photo: Hamish Campbell
10. Royal Lyceum Theatre extension
Workmen at the site of the new extension to the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Cornwall Street Edinburgh in February 1968. | TSPL Photo: George Smith
11. Cambridge Footlights
Cambridge Footlights theatre group outside Richard Demarco's gallery during the Edinburgh Festival in 1968.The line-up includes Demarco (centre), Clive James (second from right) and Pete Atkin (first left). | TSPL Photo: Denis Straughan
12. Sir Laurence Olivier at King's
Sir Laurence Olivier and his wife Joan Plowright at a photo-call for Loves's Labours Lost at the King's Theatre Edinburgh in April 1969. | TSPL Photo: Alan Ledgerwood