# Playhouse

Playhouse (German: Schauspielhaus) 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
* Vancouver Playhouse (theatre venue), a theatre in Vancouver, B.C.
* Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, a former theatre company at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, Canada, 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
#### 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

* 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

* Playhouse (album), a 2024 album by Sara James

## 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