“Two years later, Fifteen Dogs is still paw-some. (Sorry.) But at Toronto’s CAA Theatre, Farsi’s production feels more poignant, more efficient and more raw. ”

“As stirring as it is hilarious, “Fifteen Dogs” is one of the most deceptively profound shows of the theatre season — a moving exploration, through a canine lens, of what it means to be human. ”

“The talented artist who brought such haunting intensity to Crow’s Theatre’s production of Ghost Quartet four years ago has adapted – for the same company – André Alexis’s 2015 Giller Prize-winning novel Fifteen Dogs with whimsy, imagination and profundity. ”

“Director/adaptor Marie Farsi has managed the impossible in bringing this Canadian literary masterpiece to the stage.
With Fifteen Dogs, she confirms my belief in her brilliance as a true original — a theatre craftsperson who creates her own conventions and rules.”

“It’s ever faithful to the book, maintaining Alexis’s charming tone, and the production is so very smart in its design — Farsi’s chosen an in-the-round configuration, in which the audience sits on all sides of the theatre, peering down at the “dogs.” A clever choice for a play largely about predestination versus free will.”