The role of Theatre teams in the cultural movement in Soran district (1991-2003)

Abstract

On March 5 of 1991, Kurdish people in the North part of Iraq launched an uprising which resulted in reoccupying various lands from the hands of socialist groups and Baath Regime. These lands were taken over by the demonstrators and revolutionists. This revolution resulted in the establishment of an autonomous Kurdish government. Additionally, Soran province as a part of those reoccupied lands, fell under the influence of that revolutionary atmosphere. As various social activists and artists began seizing the opportunity and started making groups in order to make artistic activities. Moreover, before the revolution of 1991, theatre influenced a large number of people. And these people started constructing different theatrical teams and acting performers in order to be engaged in that art. Although, it is said that there were theatrical and artistic groups in soran province. Yet, non of their names or their participant's names had ever been mentioned in the documentations. Therefore, researchers have tried to recognize and pinpoint these theatrical groups between the years 1991_2003 in soran and also to highlight their characteristics and principles.