Playhouse (german: Schauspielhaus, link=no) is a common term for a theatre. Playhouse or The Playhouse 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 Canberra Theatre Centre (CTC), also known as the Canberra Theatre, is the Australian Capital Territory’s central performing arts venue and Australia’s first performing arts centre, the first Australian Government initiated performing arts ...

in Canberra, ACT * The Playhouse, at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney * The Playhouse, at the

Queensland Performing Arts Centre The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (also known as QPAC) is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre and is located on the corner of Melbourne Street and Grey Street in Brisbane's South Bank, Queensland, South Bank precinct. Opened in 1985, it ...

, Brisbane, Queensland * The Playhouse, at the

Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive buildings and a masterpiece of 20th-century architec ...

, New South Wales *

The Playhouse Theatre (Perth) The Playhouse Theatre in central Perth, Western Australia was purpose-built for live theatre in the 1950s and remained one of the city's principal venues for performing arts for over half a century until replaced by the State Theatre Centre of ...

, a theatre in Perth, Western Australia * The Playhouse (1916–1933), became

Garrick Theatre (Melbourne) The Garrick Theatre was a theatre in the former Aikman Street, near Princes Bridge, in the Southbank area of Melbourne, Australia. It opened in 1912 as the Snowden Picture Theatre. In 1916, it was renovated as The Playhouse, a legitimate theatre ...

, Victoria

Austria

Landestheater Niederösterreich The Landestheater Niederösterreich is a Schauspielhaus in the Lower Austrian provincial capital St. Pölten. History In the autumn of 1820, a military prison converted by master builder Josef Schwerdtfeger on today's Rathausplatz was opene ...

,St. Pölten *

Schauspielhaus Salzburg Schauspielhaus Salzburg is a theatre in Salzburg, Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine sta ...

* Schauspielhaus Wien, Vienna

Canada

The Playhouse (Fredericton) The Fredericton Playhouse is a non-profit organization venue for hosting local talent acts and touring performers. It was originally constructed in 1964 at the behest of Lady and Lord Beaverbrook, and between the years of 1969 and 2003, the venue ...

, a theatre in Fredericton, New Brunswick * Vancouver Playhouse (theatre venue), a theatre in Vancouver, B.C. * Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, a former theatre company known informally as "The Playhouse"

Denmark

Royal Danish Playhouse The Royal Danish Playhouse ( da, Skuespilhuset) is a theatre building for the Royal Danish Theatre, situated on the harbour front in the Frederiksstaden neighbourhood of central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was created as a purpose-built venue for dr ...

, a theatre in Copenhagen

Germany

Berlin

* Schauspielhaus Berlin, now Konzerthaus Berlin * Großes Schauspielhaus * Neues Schauspielhaus

Elsewhere in Germany

* Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg *

Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus The is a theatre building and company in Düsseldorf. The present building with two major auditoria was designed by the architect and built between 1965 and 1969. It opened in 1970. History The theatre dates back to 1747 when during the ...

* Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt * Schauspielhaus Bochum *

Schauspielhaus Wuppertal was a , a theatre for plays, in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The 745-seat municipal theatre is on next to the river Wupper in Elberfeld. Designed by , it was opened in 1966, run from 2001 by '' (''Wuppertal Stages'', municipal thea ...

New Zealand

Playhouse Theatre, Dunedin The Playhouse Theatre is a theatre in Dunedin, New Zealand. It was converted from a lodge into a 100-seat theatre by the Southern Comedy Players in 1962. Since the late 1960s it has been home to the Dunedin Repertory Society, who regularly per ...

* Playhouse Theatre, Glen Eden, Auckland

South Africa

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

Switzerland

Schauspielhaus Zürich The Schauspielhaus Zürich ( en, Zürich playhouse) is one of the most prominent and important theatres in the German-speaking world. It is also known as "Pfauenbühne" (Peacock Stage). The large theatre has 750 seats. The also operates three st ...

, Switzerland

United Kingdom

* Playhouse Theatre, London * Bradford Playhouse a theatre in Bradford, West Yorkshire * 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 Leeds Playhouse is a theatre in the city centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire. Having originally opened in 1970 in a different location in Leeds, it reopened as West Yorkshire Playhouse, on Quarry Hill, in March 1990. After a refurbishment in 2018-20 ...

, a theatre in Leeds * Liverpool Playhouse, a theatre in Liverpool, Merseyside * Newcastle Playhouse, a theatre in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear *

Nottingham Playhouse Nottingham Playhouse is a theatre in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. It was first established as a repertory theatre in 1948 when it operated from a former cinema in Goldsmith Street. Directors during this period included Val May and Fr ...

, a theatre in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire * Oxford Playhouse, a theatre in Oxford, Oxfordshire *

Playhouse (Sleaford) The Playhouse is a theatre in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. It is a Grade II listed Georgian building dating from 1820. The building became a school in the 1850s, and after serving several other purposes reopened as a theatre in 2000. Histor ...

, Sleaford, Lincolnshire *

The Playhouse, Cheltenham Cheltenham Playhouse is a community theatre in Cheltenham, United Kingdom. It opened in 1945 as the Civic Playhouse and was run by the Corporation of Cheltenham; it was taken over by volunteers in 1958 who continue to run the operation as a r ...

, a theatre in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire *

The Playhouse, Colchester The Playhouse is a Wetherspoon's pub in Colchester, Essex, the building of which was previously The Playhouse Theatre. Originally opened in 1929, the theatre became the A.B.C. in the 1960s, and it was redeveloped into a pub in 1994. History The ...

, a former theatre in Colchester, Essex *

Playhouse, Whitley Bay The Playhouse, Whitley Bay is a state of the art, 630 seater auditorium in the coastal resort of Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear. Having undergone a major and completed refurbishment by North Tyneside Council in 2009, the contemporary theatre has a g ...

, Tyne and Wear *

The Playhouse, Weston-super-Mare The Playhouse is a 664-seat theatre in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, South West England that hosts shows all year round including opera, ballet, comedy, music and pantomime performances. In 1946 an old market building, designed by Hans Price, a lo ...

, a theatre in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset

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 The Victoria Gardens Cultural Center (VGCC) is a community library and performance venue attached to the Victoria Gardens lifestyle center in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The building, which links the Lewis Family Playhouse, the Paul A. Biane L ...

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 Playhouse on the Square is a regional theatre company located in Memphis, Tennessee. It is owned by Circuit Playhouse, Inc., which operates two other Memphis theaters. While it has its own resident company of professional actors, auditions are ...

, a theatre in Memphis, Tennessee * Playhouse Theatre (New York City), New York *

Ridgefield Playhouse The Ridgefield Playhouse is a theater located in Ridgefield, Connecticut, with a capacity of 500. It hosts a variety of entertainment events such as the showing of films, plays or musical performances. History The Ridgefield Playhouse was opened ...

, 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

Toys

Wendy house A Wendy house is a United Kingdom term for a playhouse for children, which is large enough for one or more children to enter. Size and solidity can vary from a plastic kit to something resembling a real house in a child's size. Usually there is ...

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

Other uses

Playhouse Records Playhouse Records is a record label founded by Jim Copp and Ed Brown in 1958 to release children's music. Over the course of 13 years, Copp and Brown wrote, recorded, designed, produced and promoted nine albums of their own material and continue ...

, the label founded by Jim Copp and Ed Brown