Playhouse () 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 The Playhouse (Hamilton), a theatre in Hamilton, Ontario Vancouver Playhouse (theatre venue), a theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, a former theatre company at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, 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 Play House (DJ), a DJ and music producer

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 Play House (Mumbai), a place in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

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)