List of national theatres

Not to be confused with venues or companies generally named National Theatre.

Numerous countries operate one or more national theatres supported in part by national or federal funds. Founded in 1680, the Comédie-Française in Paris is widely considered to be the world's first national theatre.

• Albania: National Theatre of Albania
• Argentina: Teatro Nacional Cervantes
• Australia:
  • National Theatre in St Kilda, Victoria
  • National Theatre in Launceston, Tasmania
• Austria: Burgtheater in Vienna^[1]
• Bosnia and Herzegovina:
  • Sarajevo National Theatre
  • Bosnian National Theatre in Zenica
  • National Theatre Mostar
  • Croatian National Theatre in Mostar^[2][3][4]
• Brazil:
  • Teatro Nacional Cláudio Santoro in Brasília
  • Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
• Bulgaria: Ivan Vazov National Theatre
• Canada: National Arts Centre of Canada in Ottawa
• China: National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing
• Costa Rica: Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica
• Croatia: National Theatres, including
  • Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
  • Croatian National Theatre in Split
  • Croatian National Theatre in Osijek
• Czech Republic:
  • National Theatre in Prague
  • National Theatre in Brno
  • National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava
• Denmark: Royal Danish Theater
  • The Old Stage, Kongens Nytorv
  • Copenhagen Opera House
  • Royal Danish Playhouse
  • Stærekassen
• El Salvador: Teatro Nacional de El Salvador, San Salvador
• Ethiopia: Ethiopian National Theatre, Addis Ababa
• Finland: Finnish National Theatre
• France:
  • Comédie-Française
  • Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
  • Théâtre national de la Colline
  • National Theatre of Strasbourg (Théâtre national de Strasbourg)
  • Théâtre national de Chaillot
  • Théâtre national de l'Opéra Comique
• Germany: The National Theatres in Munich, in Mannheim and in Weimar
• Ghana: National Theatre in Accra
• Greece: National Theatre in Athens and the National Theatre of Northern Greece in Thessaloniki
• Hungary: The National Theatres in Budapest, Győr, Miskolc, Pécs and Szeged
• Iceland: Þjóðleikhúsið (National Theatre), Reykjavík
• India: National Theatre (Kolkata), Kolkata, India
• Ireland: The Abbey Theatre, Dublin
• Israel: Habima Theatre, Tel Aviv
• Italy: National Dramatic Theatre, Rome
• Japan:
  • National Theatre, Tokyo
  • New National Theatre, Tokyo
  • National Noh Theatre, Tokyo
  • National Bunraku Theatre, Osaka
  • National Theater Okinawa, Urasoe
• Kenya: Kenya National Theatre
• Latvia: Latvian National Theatre, Riga
• Malaysia: National Theater in Kuala Lumpur
• Mali: Palais de la Culture Amadou Hampaté Ba
• Malta: Manoel Theatre, Valletta
• Mexico: National Theatre of Mexico, Mexico City
• Moldova:
  • Bălți National Theatre
  • Chişinău National Theatre, Chişinău
• Montenegro: Montenegrin National Theatre, Podgorica
• Netherlands: Het Nationale Theater, The Hague
• Myanmar: National Theatre of Yangon, National Theatre of Mandalay
• Norway: Nationaltheatret (National Theatre) in Oslo
• Nigeria: National Arts Theatre in Lagos
• Philippines: Tanghalang Pambansa (National Theater) in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex, Manila
• Poland: Teatr Narodowy in Warsaw
• Portugal:
  • Teatro Nacional D. Maria II in Lisbon
  • Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon
  • Teatro Nacional São João in Porto
• Republic of Ireland: The National English language Theatre of Ireland in Dublin is more commonly called the Abbey Theatre. The National Irish language Theatre is the Taibhdhearc in Galway.
• Romania:
  • National Theatre Bucharest
  • Cluj-Napoca National Theatre
  • Iaşi National Theatre
• Serbia:
  • National Theatre in Belgrade
  • Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad
• Slovakia:
  • Slovak National Theatre
  • National Theatre Košice
• Slovenia:
  • Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Drama
  • Maribor Slovene National Theatre
  • Nova Gorica Slovene National Theatre
• Sri Lanka: Navarangahala in Colombo
• Somalia: National Theatre of Somalia in Mogadishu
• South Korea: National Theater of Korea in Seoul
• Spain:
  • Centro Dramático Nacional in Madrid
  • Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico in Madrid
  • Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid
• Sweden: Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm
• Taiwan:
  • National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Kaohsiung
  • National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei
  • National Taichung Theater, Taichung
• Thailand: National Theatre of Thailand in Bangkok
• Turkey: Turkish State Theatres
• Uganda: National Theatre of Uganda
• United Arab Emirates: National Theater in Abu Dhabi
• United Kingdom:
  • Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank
  • Scotland: National Theatre of Scotland
  • Wales: National Theatre Wales, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru (Welsh Language)
• Uruguay: Sodre National Auditorium
• National Theatre of Venezuela

See also

• National Theatre, a list of similarly named venues and companies
• All pages with titles containing National Theatre
• All pages with titles containing Teatro Nacional