List of national theatres

See National Theatre for a list of theatres that include the name "National Theatre"

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.

• Argentina: Teatro Nacional Cervantes
• Australia: National Theatre in St Kilda, Melbourne.
• Bulgaria: Ivan Vazov National Theatre
• People's Republic of China: The National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing
• Republic of China: The National Theatre in Taipei City
• Costa Rica: Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica
• Croatia: The National Theatre in Zagreb
• Czech Republic: The National Theatre in Prague, The National Theatre in Brno, Moravian-Silesian National Theatre
• Finland: Finnish National Theatre
• France: Comédie-Française
• 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 Northern Greece State Theatre in Thessaloniki
• Hungary: The National Theatres in Budapest, Győr, Miskolc, Pécs and Szeged
• India: National Theater (Kolkata), Kolkata, India
• Israel: Habima Theater, Tel Aviv
• Italy: National Dramatic Theatre, Rome
• Japan: National Theatre, Tokyo; New National Theatre, Tokyo; 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
• Mexico: National Theatre of Mexico, Mexico City
• Norway: The Nationaltheatret (National Theatre) in Oslo
• Philippines: The Cultural Center of the Philippines in 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: The National Theatres of Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Constanţa, Craiova, Iaşi, Târgu Mureş and Timişoara
• Serbia: National Theatre in Belgrade and the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad
• Slovakia: Slovak National Theatre
• Sri Lanka: Navarangahala in Colombo
• Spain:
  • Castile: Teatro Nacional María Guerrero, Madrid
  • Catalonia: National Theatre of Catalonia, Barcelona
• Sweden: Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm
• 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, Glasgow
  • Wales: The Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
• United States: The National Theatre of the Deaf in Connecticut

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.

See also

• All pages with titles containing "National Theatre"
• All pages with titles containing "Teatro Nacional"