The Residence Theatre (German: Residenztheater) or New Residence Theatre ( Neues Residenztheater) of the Residence in Munich was built from 1950 to 1951 by Karl Hocheder. The renovation of 1981 by Alexander von Branca removed the decoration which had been done in the typical style of the early 1950ies.

Elector of Bavaria Maximilian III Joseph ordered to construct a new theatre outside the palace after a fire in the St.George's Hall of the Residence which had served as before as a theatre room. This theatre was also destroyed during World War II and replaced by the New Residence Theatre. Since the decoration of the Old Residence Theatre had been rescued it was moved into a wing of the Residenz and re-opened as Cuvilliés Theatre.

The New Residence Theatre houses the Bavarian Staatsschauspiel (Bavarian State Theatre), one of the most important German language theatres in the world.