Niek Barendsen and Michiel Nooter embody famous couples, share personal stories and explore the search for true love. Will they find it, give up the search, or end up together? It is a satirical take on misunderstanding and exclusion through the centuries up to the present day: greater freedom, but also increasing anti‑gay violence and international backlash.

Vrienden van Dorothy connects history and the present, humour and gravity, the personal and the universal.

• text & music Niek Barendsen direction Titus Tiel Groenestege performance Niek Barendsen, Michiel Nooter et al.