Since its emergence in the 1920s, Iraqi-Kurdish theatre was used as a tool of national identity building and modernisation.
As time went on, by staging anti-feudalist and anti-monarchist plays, theatre became engaged in representing and legitimising the wider political movement in.
It promoted literacy, education and women\'s rights and became one of the most visible forms of Kurdish cultural Nationalism by exploring folklore, myths, legends and local history and by celebrating heroes of the past.
Since its emergence in the 1920s, Iraqi-Kurdish theatre was used as a tool of national identity building and modernisation