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 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 (National Theatre), 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 (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
  • 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 (Welsh Language)
  • Uruguay: Sodre National Auditorium
  • National Theatre of Venezuela

See also

  • National Theatre, a list of similarly named venues and companies

References