Lynn Gommes and Oriana Rose both have a background in Cultural Analysis, which informs their artistic practice, as they make theoretical ideas accessible through language and form. Through this research-based approach, they create feminist documentary theatre. For Possible, Persistent, Common, Severe, they depart from personal experience and a deep-felt frustration and anger that they channel into an urgent message of solidarity. Nuance and context are more important than simplistic, black and white thinking. The duo developed the piece over 2025 as part of a residency at Productiehuis Nowhere, and performed a first version at Nowhere’s Maker-in-Huis Festival. An abridged version was showcased at Frascati’s Under Construction series earlier this year.  

Working between writing, research and performance, Oriana uses storytelling, humour and humanism to discuss feminist issues, art and culture, and extreme emotional experiences. Her 2022 book as i fall apart explores the side effects and politics surrounding hormonal contraception, drawing on her own experience.  

Lynn’s work is driven by a sustained interest in documentary theatre, both as a form and an activist practice, exploring what it means to blur the boundary between on- and off-stage. This interest cuts across her different practices as a researcher, writer, producer, and editor.