Playhouse () is a common term for a theatre.

Playhouse, The Playhouse, Playhouse Theatre, or Playhouse Theater may also refer to:

Venues and theatre companies

Australia

  • Dunstan Playhouse, at the Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, South Australia
  • The Playhouse, at the Arts Centre Melbourne, Victoria
  • The Playhouse, at the Canberra Theatre Centre in Canberra, ACT
  • The Playhouse, at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney
  • The Playhouse, at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, Queensland
  • The Playhouse, at the Sydney Opera House, New South Wales
  • The Playhouse (1916–1933), became Garrick Theatre (Melbourne), Victoria
  • Playhouse Theatre (Perth), a theatre in Perth, Western Australia, demolished in 2012
  • Playhouse Theatre (Hobart), a theatre in Hobart, Tasmania

Austria

  • Landestheater Niederösterreich, St. Pölten
  • Schauspielhaus Salzburg
  • Schauspielhaus Wien, Vienna

Canada

  • The Playhouse (Fredericton), a theatre in Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • The Playhouse (Hamilton), a theatre in Hamilton, Ontario
  • Vancouver Playhouse (theatre venue), a theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, a former theatre company at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, known informally as "The Playhouse"

Denmark

  • Royal Danish Playhouse, a theatre in Copenhagen

Germany

Berlin

  • Schauspielhaus Berlin, now Konzerthaus Berlin
  • Großes Schauspielhaus
  • Neues Schauspielhaus

Elsewhere in Germany

  • Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg
  • Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
  • Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt
  • Schauspiel Bochum
  • Schauspielhaus Wuppertal

New Zealand

  • Playhouse Theatre, Dunedin
  • Playhouse Theatre, Glen Eden, Auckland

South Africa

  • The Playhouse, Durban, a theatre in Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, home of The Playhouse Company

Switzerland

  • Schauspielhaus Zürich, Switzerland

United Kingdom

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London

  • Erith Playhouse, a theatre in Erith, southeast London
  • Playhouse Theatre, a West End theatre in London

Elsewhere in the UK

  • Bradford Playhouse a theatre in Bradford, West Yorkshire
  • Derby Playhouse, a form theatre and theatre company in Derby (1975–2008)
  • Edinburgh Playhouse, a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland, formerly a cinema
  • Epsom Playhouse, a theatre in Epsom and Ewell, Surrey
  • Ilkley Playhouse, a theatre in Ilkley, Bradford
  • Leeds Playhouse, a theatre in Leeds
  • Liverpool Playhouse, a theatre in Liverpool, Merseyside
  • Newcastle Playhouse, a theatre in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
  • Norwich Playhouse, a theatre in Norwich, Norfolk
  • Nottingham Playhouse, a theatre in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
  • Oxford Playhouse, a theatre in Oxford, Oxfordshire
  • Perth Playhouse, an independent cinema in Perth, Scotland
  • Playhouse (Sleaford), Sleaford, Lincolnshire
  • The Playhouse, Cheltenham, a theatre in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
  • The Playhouse, Colchester, a former theatre in Colchester, Essex
  • Playhouse, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
  • The Playhouse, Weston-super-Mare, a theatre in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
  • Playhouse Theatre, Harlow, a theatre in Harlow, Essex
  • Playhouse Theatre, Manchester, a listed building currently used as a community arts centre called Niamos Centre
  • Sheffield Playhouse, a former theatre used by Sheffield Repertory Theatre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire

United States

California

  • Geffen Playhouse, a theatre in Los Angeles, California
  • La Jolla Playhouse a theatre in San Diego, California
  • Lewis Family Playhouse, at the Victoria Gardens Cultural Center in Rancho Cucamonga, California
  • Pasadena Playhouse, a theatre in Pasadena, California

Other states

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  • Blackfriars Playhouse, at the American Shakespeare Center, Staunton, Virginia
  • Cocoa Village Playhouse, a theatre in Cocoa, Florida
  • Playhouse on the Square, a theatre in Memphis, Tennessee
  • Playhouse Theater, in Bennettsville Historic District, in Bennettsville, South Carolina
  • Playhouse Theatre (New York City), New York
  • Playhouse Theatre (Seattle), in Seattle, Washington
  • Ridgefield Playhouse, a theatre in Ridgefield, Connecticut
  • Westport Country Playhouse, a theatre in Westport, Connecticut

Media and entertainment

Television

  • Comedy Playhouse, UK sitcom anthology TV series that ran on BBC from 1961 to 1975, and 2014 to 2017
  • ITV Television Playhouse, UK drama anthology TV series that ran from 1955 to 1963
  • Pee-wee's Playhouse, an American children's television show that ran from 1986 to 1990
  • Playhouse (British TV series), drama anthology series that ran on ITV from 1967 to 1983
  • Playhouse (Philippine TV series), 2018 drama series on ABS-CBN
  • Playhouse Disney, an international group of television channels and blocks for preschool-aged children

Film

  • The Playhouse (film), a 1921 film written and directed by Buster Keaton
  • Playhouse (film), a 2020 British horror film

Radio

  • The Playhouse (radio show), a syndicated radio show based out of Portland, Oregon

Music

  • Play House (DJ), a DJ and music producer

Toys

  • Wendy house (or playhouse), a small house for children to play in
  • Dollhouse, a toy home made in miniature

Other uses

  • Playhouse Records, the label founded by Jim Copp and Ed Brown
  • Play House (Mumbai), a place in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

See also

  • Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, New York
  • Pantages Playhouse Theatre, a former vaudeville theatre in Winnipeg, Canada
  • "Play House", song by Colette Carr
  • "Playhouses", a song by TV on the Radio from their 2006 album Return to Cookie Mountain
  • Playing House (disambiguation)