Understanding the question as he had, the only possible answer had been the ‘no’ he’d given. He had thought of how awkward it would be for him to hold a leash in his mouth while Nira walked about on her hands and knees. But he had understood her question on a more practical level. BASED ON THE GILLER PRIZE-WINNING BOOK Experience the acclaimed literary journey that has captured the hearts of readers worldwide in a captivating stage adaptation inspired by the Giller Prize-winning novel, Fifteen Dogs. Order in a pack is maintained through convention, and it made no sense, as far as Majnoun was concerned, to overturn conventions that worked. Based on the novel by Andr Alexis Commissioned and originally produced by Crow’s Theatre, Toronto. If you were a master, would you keep me on a leash? Majnoun would, without hesitation, have answered ‘yes.’ If she had been his submissive, he would naturally have treated her according to the custom. By turns meditative and devastating, charming and strange, Fifteen Dogs shows you can teach an old genre new tricks. If she had said – Masters have agreed that their submissives must be bound to them with leashes and collars. Andr Alexis's contemporary take on the apologue offers an utterly compelling and affecting look at the beauty and perils of human consciousness. But Majnoun had, in fact, misunderstood her question. He had answered ‘no,’ and this had made Nira feel even more uncomfortable. One day, she asked Majnoun if he would put her on a leash, their positions being reversed. “Nira was uncomfortable with power or even with the appearance of it.
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