Playhouse

Playhouse (Template:Lang-de) 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

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

See also

• Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, New York
• Pantages Playhouse Theatre, a former vaudeville theatre in Winnipeg, Canada
• "Play House", song by Colette Carr
• "Playhouses", a song by TV on the Radio from their 2006 album Return to Cookie Mountain
• Playing House (disambiguation)