The King's houses visits from the Royal National Theatre and other major touring drama productions as well as being home to Edinburgh's annual pantomime and the local amateur societies' productions. The King's Theatre was built in 1905 and opened in 1906.The Theatre originally had Stalls and three circles - Dress, Family and Gallery. The Gallery was uncomfortable and latterly unsafe and was removed in the fifties reducing
the Theatre to three levels with additional seating at the back of what is now called the Upper Circle. The present seating capacity is 1350.