A satirical snapshot into contemporary South Africa, told from a most unusual perspective, Be a Better Dog is a one-man play that examines daily South African life through the eyes of a dog.

Tackling pressing social issues in a tongue-in-cheek manner, the dog at the centre of the story asks himself if he is truly happy or simply a "traumatised orphan of human-caused condition". When he starts to question what power he has as a dog to change his situation, he undergoes a personal journey that closely parallels the human search for identity, encountering violence, injustice, racial discrimination and corruption along the way.