Actor Deborah Eve Rea, of Wellington, said in the Dunedin Fringe Festival show Take Back the Hood she portrays Little Red and shares the true story of her experiences with the Big Bad Wolf.
The moral of the classic fairy tale was ''listen to your mother and don't talk to strangers'' and Little Red gets blamed and not her attacker.
''She has been criminalised, when in reality the villain is the wolf.''
In some versions of the fairy tale, Little Red apologises for the attack and children are taught the moral ''if something bad happens to you, it's your fault'', Ms Rea said.
The original French version warned ''attractive young children'' if they talked to strangers, they would meet a wolf.
After the attack, Little Red had a lack of assistance and in New Zealand, many attack victims had insufficient support from the Accident Compensation Corporation .
''What systems are in place in New Zealand for someone who has been through something like that?'' Ms Rea asked.
The show broached other ''taboo'' subjects such as victim blaming and the SlutWalk protest marches.
But the satiric themes in the show were ''buried'' and audiences could choose to watch a fairy tale, Ms Rea said.
However, the show contained strong language and was not suitable for children.
