# List of national theatres

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
* China: National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing
* Costa Rica: Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica
* Croatia: National Theatres, including
** Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
** Croatian National Theatre in Split
** Croatian National Theatre in Osijek
* 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, India
* 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
* 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
** 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:
** Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank
** Scotland: National Theatre of Scotland
** Wales: National Theatre Wales, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru (Welsh Language)
* Uruguay: Sodre National Auditorium
* National Theatre of Venezuela