Teatro Renault, Art Deco theatre in República District, São Paulo, Brazil

Teatro Renault is a pale yellow Art Deco theatre on Avenida Brigadeiro Luís Antônio in São Paulo, designed by engineers and architects including Francisco Augusto da Silva Rocha and opened in 1929. Its symmetrical facade rises in tiers, with paired fluted columns between tall green-framed windows, relief panels of human figures, an oval medallion and three arched entrances under a projecting cornice with small lamps. The auditorium seats 1,552, with 959 seats in the stalls, 489 in the balcony and 104 in the boxes.

The building opened in 1929 as Teatro Paramount and was Latin America's first sound cinema. A major fire in 1969 caused extensive damage, leading to comprehensive repairs before it reopened under a new name.

The theatre's name changed with its sponsors: Paramount in 1929, Abril in 2001, Renault from 1 November 2012. In the 1960s it hosted TV Record's Festival de Música Popular Brasileira; in 1967 Edu Lobo and Marília Medalha won with Ponteio, and Sérgio Ricardo smashed his guitar on stage and threw it at the audience. Since 2001 it has staged Broadway and West End musicals, opening with Les Misérables.

The entrance is on Avenida Brigadeiro Luís Antônio, in the República District. The box office, a souvenir shop and a café occupy an annex building incorporated into the theatre. A Folha de S.Paulo review of 2014 noted there is no seating in the lobby and no signage for the drinking fountain, and that legroom between rows is small.

The 1969 fire spared only the original foyer and facade, both listed by São Paulo's city hall in the 1980s. The rebuilt stage measures 225 square meters and rises 10 meters, with 15 meters of fly space above it to store scenery canvases unrolled. The orchestra pit covers 86 square meters and holds 80 musicians.