The Rainbow Beard Show MONSTER SHOW!

What does it mean to be a MONSTER? Can we tell by looks? Can we become MONSTERS ourselves? Let's explore this theme together! 

Hosted by Ricky Rainbow Beard, The Rainbow Beard Show is an interactive experience that features puppets, games, special guests, stories, drawings, music, and dance parties. It’s for kids and adults too, focused on big feelings, curiosity, and community care. 

Let's play together! We're all part of it! Watch the trailer here

With special guest—and Belfast's own colorful maven of kids art programming—Bridget Matros of Colorbridge to open the show.

Ricky Rainbow Beard (he/she/they) is a children’s educator, entertainer, design leader, and host of The Rainbow Beard Show. Based in Providence, RI, Ricky is committed to promoting curiosity and play for kids of all ages.

This is a FREE event, supported by Belfast Free Library and Torchlight

WHEN: Friday, October 23, 2026

TIME: 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: Belfast Free Library in the Abbott Room

WHY: Ricky Rainbow Beard, Bridget Matros, and Torchlight's own Chris Battaglia are all current members of a regional National Arts Strategies Fellowship program across New England, and when we found out RRB was performing in Bethel at The Gem Theatre, we couldn't pass up the chance to get Ricky (who is based in Providence, RI) to the Midcoast to connect wildly fun and innovative storytelling + youth programming.