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.

On 6 June 2007 the theatre staged the world première of Houdini—The Musical,[2] which is based on the life of the escapologist Harry Houdini.

The theatre suffered a major flooding incident on the evening of 27 April 2017 whilst hosting the North Somerset Schools Dance Festival.

A rising water main burst on one of the upper floors leading to the evacuation of over 200 children and over 600 members of the audience.

The fire brigade were called with 6 tenders attending to pump out the basement level which was completely flooded.