The girls told Ms Newall they were left feeling dirty, guilty and self-conscious, uncomfortable, vulnerable and "smaller."

Ms Newall says the girls are experienced performers and weren't nervous before the show; they were just focused on performing well.

"The girls were having a fun time. We spent a lot of time doing makeup and warming up and rehearsing," she told Newshub.

While the girls performed, Ms Newall said she heard comments from the passing crowds but didn't realise the extent of the abuse until she debriefed with the group.

"I got the full range of comments that the girls had picked up. Some of them were said to individual girls and some of them were said loudly across the crowd. We were really shocked," she said.

The girls told Ms Newall they wanted people to understand what it feels like to have grown men make such comments. As part of their debrief, the group discussed how to go about changing the culture that leads to harassment like this.

It's also about people calling out sexual harassment when they see or hear it, Ms Newall said.

"It's not the girls' responsibility to stop performing in these scenarios. It's the responsibility of everyone who is watching and listening and interacting and hearing these sorts of things to call them out."

After The Spinoff contacted the Kingsland Business Association for comment, they cancelled a second show which was planned around this weekend's upcoming Test, citing health and safety regulations.

The HighJinx performers have already practiced for three hours this week for the show and are deeply disappointed by the cancellation.

"The outcome we were hoping for was that the girls would be able to perform this weekend and that there might be some sort of subtle difference in what was heard because of the awareness about what happened last time," Ms Newall said. "Unfortunately it doesn't seem like that's going to happen."

"It's disappointing because of the message it sends these girls in terms of whose job it is to stop this from happening. Them being cancelled sends the message that the right thing to do is remove them."