List of national theatres
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
- Bosnia and Herzegovina:
- *Sarajevo National Theatre
- *[Bosnian National Theatre (Prague)|National Theatre Zenica|Bosnian National Theatre] in Zenica
- *National Theatre Mostar
- *Croatian National Theatre in Mostar
- 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
- Catalonia: Teatre Nacional de Catalunya in Barcelona
- China: National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing
- Costa Rica: Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica
- Croatia: Croatian National Theatres, including
- *Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
- *Croatian National Theatre in Split
- *Croatian National Theatre in Osijek
- *Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka
- *Croatian National Theatre in Varaždin
- *Croatian National Theatre in Šibenik
- *Croatian National Theatre in Zadar
- 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, Reykjavík
- India: National Theatre (Kolkata), Kolkata
- 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
- Kosovo: National Theatre of Kosovo, Pristina
- 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 in Oslo
- Nigeria: National Arts Theatre in Lagos
- Philippines: Tanghalang Pambansa 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
- *Teatre Nacional de Catalunya in Barcelona, Catalonia
- *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:
- *England: Royal National Theatre, London
- *Scotland: National Theatre of Scotland
- *Wales: National Theatre Wales
- *:: Theatr Cymru
- Uruguay: Sodre National Auditorium
- National Theatre of Venezuela