List of national theatres

Several countries have one or more national theatres. This component in the name of a theatre indicates that the funding is not only a concern of private investors or the local city, but of the national or federal budget. The Comédie-Française in Paris, founded in 1680, 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: The 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: The National Theatre in Accra
• Greece: The 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: The Teatr Narodowy in Warsaw
• Portugal:
  • The Teatro Nacional D. Maria II in Lisbon
  • The Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon
  • The Teatro Nacional São João in Oporto
• 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: The National Theater in Abu Dhabi
• United Kingdom:
  • The Royal National Theatre or The National Theatre on London's South Bank
  • Scotland: The National Theatre of Scotland
  • Wales: National Theatre Wales, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru (Welsh Language)
• Uruguay: Sodre National Auditorium
• National Theatre of Venezuela

Not national theatres

Some theatres carry "national theatre" in their name without being governmentally funded national theatres:

• United States: The National Theatre in Washington, D.C.
• Vietnam: Hanoi Opera House in Hanoi

See also

• National Theatre (disambiguation), a list of theatres that include the term "National Theatre"
• All pages with titles containing National Theatre
• All pages with titles containing Teatro Nacional

References

1. burgtheater.at - Das Burgtheater Archived 2016-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
2. Behance. "Croatian National Theatre Mostar / HNK MOSTAR". Behance. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
3. "NASLOVNA". HNK Mostar (in Croatian). Retrieved 2021-01-01.
4. "Hrvatsko narodno kazalište". www.turizam.mostar.ba. Retrieved 2021-01-01.