National Theatre or National Theater may refer to a theatre funded by the national or federal government, such as those on this list: List of national theatres. The following is a list of theatres with "National Theatre" or "National Theater" in their name.
Africa
- Ethiopian National Theatre, Addis Ababa
- National Theatre of Ghana, Accra
- Kenya National Theatre, Nairobi
- National Arts Theatre, Lagos, Nigeria
- National Theatre of Somalia, Mogadishu
- National Theatre (Sudan), Omdurman
- National Theatre of Tunisia, Tunis
- National Theatre of Uganda, Kampala
Asia
Japan
- National Theatre of Japan, Tokyo
- New National Theatre Tokyo
- National Noh Theatre, Tokyo
- National Bunraku Theatre, Osaka
- National Theater Okinawa, Urasoe, designed by Shin Takamatsu
Other Asian countries
- National Theatre of Yangon, Burma
- Preah Suramarit National Theatre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Habima Theatre, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Palestinian National Theatre, Jerusalem
- National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
- National Theatre, Singapore
- National Theater of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
- National Theatre (Thailand)
Oceania
- National Theatre, a defunct theatre company in Perth (1956–1984) which reconstituted as the Western Australian Theatre Company
- National Theatre, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
- National Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- National Theatre Company (Papua New Guinea)
- National Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- National Theatre of Parramatta, a professional theatre company based in Parramatta, New South Wales
Europe
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Czech Republic
Germany
France
- Comédie-Française (Paris)
- National Theatre of Strasbourg
- Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
- National Theatre of Chaillot (Paris)
- Théâtre national de la Colline (Paris)
- Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique (Paris)
Greece
- National Theatre of Greece, Athens
- National Theatre of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki
Hungary
- National Theatre (Budapest)
- National Theatre of Győr
- National Theatre of Miskolc
- National Theatre of Pécs
- National Theatre of Szeged
Lithuania
Netherlands
- Koninklijke Schouwburg, a building in The Hague
- Het Nationale Theater, a theater company in The Hague
Portugal
- D. Maria II National Theatre, Lisbon
- São João National Theatre, Porto
Romania
Serbia
- National Theatre in Belgrade
- National Theatre in Niš
- Serbian National Theatre, Novi Sad
- National Theatre in Subotica
- National Theatre "Toša Jovanović", Zrenjanin
Spain
- National Theater Prize
- Centro Dramático Nacional, Madrid
- National Theatre of Catalonia, Barcelona
United Kingdom
- Royal National Theatre (also known simply as the National Theatre), London
- National Theatre of Scotland, a touring company
- National Theatre Wales, a touring company with English-language productions
- Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, a touring company with Welsh-language productions
- National Theatre of England, a theatre in London in existence from 1914 to 1915; see Peacock Theatre
- The proposed National Theatre of Cornwall
Other European countries
- Burgtheater or Austrian National Theatre, Vienna, Austria
- Ivan Vazov National Theatre, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Croatian National Theatre (disambiguation), several theatres in Croatia
- Finnish National Theatre, Helsinki, Finland
- National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
- Abbey Theatre, also known as the National Theatre of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
- Latvian National Theatre, Riga, Latvia
- Montenegrin National Theatre, Podgorica, Montenegro
- National Theatre (Oslo), Norway
- National Theatre, Warsaw, Poland
- Slovak National Theater, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Slovene National Theatre (disambiguation), several theatres in Slovenia
The Americas
Mexico
- National Theatre of Mexico, Mexico City
- National Theatre Company of Mexico, Mexico City
United States
- American National Theater and Academy, a congressionally chartered non-profit theatre producer
- National Theatre Conservatory, Denver, Colorado
- National Theatre, Boston (1836), Massachusetts
- National Theatre, Boston (1911), Massachusetts
- National Theatre (Detroit, Michigan)
- National Theatre, a short-lived playhouse (1836–1841) which was originally built in 1833 as Lorenzo Da Ponte's Italian Opera House, New York City
- National Theatre (New York), former name of the Nederlander Theatre in New York City, New York
- National Theater of the United States of America, a company in New York City, New York
- National Theater (Manhattan), former Yiddish theatre in New York City, New York
- National Theater (Richmond, Virginia)
- National Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
Other countries in the Americas
- Teatro Nacional Cervantes or Cervantes National Theatre, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Cláudio Santoro National Theater, Brasília, Brazil
- National Theatre School of Canada, Montreal, Canada
- Teatro de Cristóbal Colón, Bogotá, Colombia
- National Theatre of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
- National Theatre of Cuba, Havana, Cuba
- Teatro Nacional (Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic
- Teatro Nacional de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador
- Rubén Darío National Theatre, Managua, Nicaragua
- National Theatre of Panama, Panama City, Panama
- Gran Teatro Nacional, Lima, Peru
- National Theatre of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
See also
- List of national theatres, theaters supported at least in part by national funds
- All pages with titles containing National Theatre
- Teatro Nacional (disambiguation), National Theatre in Spanish and Portuguese
- National Theatre of the Deaf, a US touring company
- National Theatre of Brent, a British comedy double act
- Nationalteatern, a Swedish rock group