Beaivváš Sámi Našunálateáhter (established in 1981 in
Guovdageainnu Municipality
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) is a Norwegian theatre and theatre company that uses
Sami language
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as its performing language. In addition, it is the only Sami-language theatre in the country. The theatre's official aim is "to form and activate our own cultural sources, to inspire, renew, motivate, to broaden and to bring forward the Sami culture, as well as to create kinship and understanding between different cultures."
Beaivváš started as an independent theatre group in 1981, but since 1991 has been supported by the Norwegian government, and since 2002 by the
Sami Parliament. It has cooperated artistically and educationally with the
Sámi University College, the theater college in
Luleå
Luleå ( , , locally ; ; ) is a Cities in Sweden, city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the County Administrative Boards of Sweden, capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban ...
,
Music in Finnmark, the
Sami Theater in
Kiruna
(; ; ; ) is the northernmost Stad (Sweden), city in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland, Sweden, Lapland. It had 17,002 inhabitants in 2016 and is the seat of Kiruna Municipality (population: 23,167 in 2016) in Norrbotten County. The c ...
,
Ã…arjelhsaemien Teatere in
Mo i Rana
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and
Tärnaby
Tärnaby is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Storuman Municipality, Lapland (Sweden), Lapland, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 482 inhabitants in 2010.
It is known for its successful alpine skiing, skiers, particularly in the "tech ...
, along with
HÃ¥logaland Teater
HÃ¥logaland Teater is a regional theatre serving the region of Nord-Norge, the northernmost of Norway. It got its name after the northernmost county in Norway in the Middle Ages HÃ¥logaland. When established in 1971, it was the first regional the ...
. In 2005, they toured Scandinavia with the production ''
Skuolfi''. The theatre employs four actors, two technicians and four administrative employees.
There are plans in place to relocate the theatre from the Kautokeino Cultural Center to a new building.
Managers
* 1991–1996
Haukur J. Gunnarsson
* 1997–2002
Alex Scherpf
* 2002–2006
Harriet Nordlund
* 2007–2015 Haukur J. Gunnarsson
* 2016–2023 Rolf Degerlund
* 2023–
Per Ananiassen
References
External links
Official website
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Theatres in Norway
Theatre companies in Norway
Sámi in Norway
Kautokeino