BeaivvÃ¡à ¡ Sámi Naà ¡unálateáhter (established in 1981 in Guovdageainnu Municipality) is a Norwegian theatre and theatre company that uses Sami language 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."
BeaivvÃ¡à ¡ 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 LuleÃÂ¥, Music in Finnmark, the Sami Theater in Kiruna, àarjelhsaemien Teatere in Mo i Rana and Tärnaby, along with HÃÂ¥logaland Teater. 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.