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Scene 1: The Lost Self (1-3.jpg)

Karen kneels at the altar beneath the Good Angel, praying for redemption to find her True Self.

Scene 2: The Solitary Self (4-6.jpg)

Karen walks through the grapevine of Framed Feminists, as if she is contemplating her own purpose in life and the burden this places on her. Watched by her lover – the Wood-cutter, (metaphor – Fear) she discovers the ‘Red (ballet) Shoes.’

She places them on her feet and begins to dance, but still she has not found her True Self.

Scene 3: The Realization of the Self (7-9.jpg)

Karen meets her alter-ego in Polly (metaphor – True Self) who liberates her from the constrictions of the Red (ballet) Shoes (metaphor – Bad Relationship) introducing Karen to ‘The Red Treds,’ a more comfortable, practical and fashionable shoe. They face one another as a mirror image, as Polly represents Karen’s true self.

Scene 4: The True Self (10-15.jpg)

Watched by the Good Angel, Karen dons the Red Treds and at last she is free to dance in the style she chooses.

Scene 5: The Possessive Self (16-18.jpg)

Encapsulated by the spell of the Red Treds, leaves Karen open to the evil that resides, represented by the appearance of the Bad Angel / metaphor – conscience) who stirs up the dark spirits and conjures the impending storm. In the background lurks her lover, who will do anything he can to stem the freedom she displays when she dances.

Scene 6: The Slaying of the Self (19.jpg)

Karen lies slain by The Woodcutter, who in doing so slays her True self.

Scene 7: Epilogue (20.jpg)

The characters together.