Behind the brickwork exterior of the new Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, England, architecture studio Haworth Tompkins designed a curved auditorium built from 25,000 reclaimed bricks (+ slideshow). More about Haworth Tompkins' Liverpool Everyman Theatre built with old and new bricks
News: Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen has won a competition to design a theatre and cultural centre in Hjørring, Denmark, with plans for a series of buildings clad in Corten steel (+ slideshow). More about Schmidt Hammer Lassen wins competition for Danish theatre complex
Ornate wooden screens shroud one side of this theatre in Wuzhen, China, while the other side is shielded behind angular brickwork fins (+ slideshow). More about Wuzhen Theatre by Kris Yao and Artech Architects
New York studio Asymptote has designed a faceted performing arts centre for South Korea that references the curved rooftops of ancient Buddhist temples and pavilions (+ slideshow). More about Sejong Center for Performing Arts by Asymptote
Architect Matilde Peralta del Amo has converted an old market hall in western Spain into a theatre with a huge concrete mouth. More about Navalmoral de la Mata Theatre by Matilde Peralta del Amo
Architecture firm Haworth Tompkins has installed a bright red auditorium amongst the brutalist concrete of London's National Theatre (+ slideshow). More about The Shed at the National Theatre by Haworth Tompkins
Chinese New Year begins today and celebrations in Hong Kong include Cantonese operas performed at a pop-up bamboo theatre in the new West Kowloon Cultural District. More about West Kowloon Bamboo Theatre by William Lim
Polish studio Ingarden & Ewý has slotted a theatre and library around the nineteenth century structure of a former horse-riding arena in Kraków (+ slideshow). More about Małopolska Garden of Arts by Ingarden & Ewý
Visitors to this temporary theatre in the Netherlands designed by TAAT perform their own play by reading from wooden cubes based on Buddhist prayer wheels. More about Khor I temporary theatre by TAAT
Eight huge wings resembling a cluster of duck feet form the roof of this theatre in Wuxi, to the west of Shanghai, designed by Finnish practice PES Architects (+ slideshow). More about Wuxi Grand Theatre by PES Architects
Design collective Assemble and a team of volunteers have constructed a temporary theatre in West Sussex, England, out of scaffolding, chipboard and plastic pond liner (+ slideshow). More about Theatre on the Fly by Assemble
A theatre in Belfast with a faceted timber interior is another of the six buildings shortlisted for the 2012 Stirling Prize and was designed by Irish architects O'Donnell + Tuomey (+ slideshow). More about Lyric Theatre by O'Donnell + Tuomey
A glazed tower sits atop the volcanic stone facade of this performing arts centre in Belfast to create a beacon above the surrounding rooftops. More about MAC Belfast by Hackett Hall McKnight
Slideshow: architect Frank Gehry has inserted a theatre into the base of tower in New York City (photographs by James Ewing/OTTO). More about Signature Center by Frank Gehry
Clerkenwell Design Week 2012: a tiny mobile theatre with chimneys made from coal scuttles played host to audiences of up to six during Clerkenwell Design Week in London last week. More about Tiny Travelling Theatre by Aberrant Architecture
A mobile theatre will visit Clerkenwell Design Week in London this May, inspired by a miniature concert hall above a coal-shed that used to be in the area in the seventeenth century. More about Tiny Travelling Theatre by Aberrant Architecture
Slideshow: here are the latest visuals by architects OMA of their designs for a performing arts centre that broke ground today in Taipei, Taiwan. More about Taipei Performing Arts Center by OMA
Paris architects Nadau Lavergne have completed a round wooden theatre and matching circular restaurant for a campsite in the south of France. More about Restaurant and Theatre for La Rive Domain by Nadau Lavergne
Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Jay Merrick of The Independent describes the revamped Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury by Keith Williams as "a scene stealer in a city that's already full of star attractions," while Maev Kennedy, writing for The Guardian, applauds the local council for investing in a building that will generate income and jobs for the area. The theatre will be officially opened by Prince Edward on 4 October.
Visitors enter a theatre in Huelva, Spain, below a bulky concrete cafe that rests upon backlit glass walls of purple and blue. More about Theatre in Almonte by Donaire Arquitectos