Hugo's Rainbow Show - Pride Fest Out West

Join drag superstar Hugo Grrrl for a musical, magical adventure exploring the science of the skies.

What makes a rainbow? Join drag superstar Hugo Grrrl for the world premiere of Hugo’s Rainbow Show: a musical, magical adventure exploring the science of the skies above.

Can you help find Ray The Sun, Misty The Cloud and Wayne The Rain? Maybe even the fabulous Archie The Rainbow?! Together our wonderful weathery friends will make the mysteries of meteorology fun, all the while proving the power of glitter, dress-ups and friendship. Expect original songs, custom storybooks and of course outrageous costumes in this novel rainbow-reading-style experience.

Hugo’s Rainbow Show is for everyone! Best for two to ten year olds and our neurodivergent whānau, but even big kids will love this wholesome, goofy and glamorous experience.

Created and performed by Hugo Grrrl.
Producer: Cindy Jang-Barlow
Music: Chantal Claret & Jamie Sharp.
Illustrations: Fey Nally.
Photography: Polished Metal


Hugo Grrrl is a drag king, a doofus and an award-winning cabaret producer from Aotearoa New Zealand, creating joyful queer theater that’s bound to leave ya with a smile on your face and a bit of glitter in your hair. He co-created the world’s first drag musical for kids, The Glitter Garden - a multi-award winning smash. He won Season 1 of House of Drag (NZ’s Drag Race), making him the first drag king and transgender man globally to ever compete in or win a drag reality show. By day, he works as a gender diversity educator, working passionately to increase rainbow literacy and acceptance in Aotearoa. Hugo’s Rainbow Show is his first solo children’s show.