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 Viennaburgtheater.at - Das Burgtheater 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
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