Bergen Internasjonale Teater co-produces and presents Norwegian and international performing arts with a specific emphasis on projects that encourage international collaboration and transcend artistic genres. BIT commits to showcasing groundbreaking dance, theatre, and performance, including the facilitation of a relevant discourse program.
Bergen International Theatre was started by students at theatre studies in Bergen in 1983. In 1984, the first festival, Teatertreff '84 was organised, with a large opening marathon on Bergen's main street Torgallmenningen. This was repeated on several occasions in the eighties.
BIT transformed from being an annual festival to a all-year programming theatre the spring of 1990, and moved into Teatergarasjen in Nøstegaten the autumn of 1991 as the foundation Bergen International Theatre. This was BIT's main arena until 2008.