Here are some fascinating photos selected from the Evening News archives which give a flavour of what was happening on Edinburgh’s theatre scene in the early 1990s.
There are pictures of Sean Connery - and his family - as well as Stephen Fry and Rudolf Nureyev, not to mention singers Barry Manilow and Vanilla Ice.
And there are also pictures of the Empire Theatre as a bingo hall before it was transformed into the Festival Theatre.
Scroll through and get a taste of theatre in Edinburgh three decades ago.
17. Barry Manilow
American singer/songwriter Barry Manilow in concert at the Playhouse theatre in Edinburgh, February 1990. | TSPL Photo: Albert Jordan
18. A Delicate Balance
The Edinburgh Peoples Theatre production of A Delicate Balance at the Church Hill theatre in March 1990. Cast included (from left): John Wilkie, Colin Stirling Whyte, Mary Flynn, Cath Gourlay, Maureen Cochrane and Val Lennie. | TSPL Photo: Bill Stout
19. The Long and the Short and the Tall
British squaddies capture a Japanese soldier in Willis Hall's play The Long and the Short and the Tall, set in the Malaysian jungle during World War II. This production was staged at the Church Hill theatre in Edinburgh, March 1990. | TSPL Photo: Bill Newton
20. 50 years later
British actors Dulcie Gray and husband Michael Denison at the King's Theatre Edinburgh in November 1990, 50 years after they first played there. Assistant manager Ken Gray presented the couple with a crystal decanter and glasses to mark the occasion. | TSPL Photo: Joe Steele