PONY CAM
BURNOUT PARADISE
Four performers. Four treadmills. One wager that spirals completely out of control.
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Four performers mount four treadmills. What begins as a simple wager between performer and audience becomes a desperate attempt to complete a series of escalating tasks that confront the limits of the performers' bodies, spirits and minds. This isn't an endurance feat, and it isn't performance art — it's an unravelling realisation that the system we all participate in was never designed for us. A delusional, physical celebration of the collective struggle to hold a boundary in our own lives.
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Genre — Theatre.
Duration — 60 mins.
Company size — 4 performers.
Venue suitability — Black box, proscenium arch, flexible spaces.
Touring history — March-May 2026 Astor Place Theatre, New York · Canadian and USA tour 2025 · Darwin Festival 2025 · Cork Festival, Ireland 2025 · La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego 2025 · St Ann's Warehouse, New York 2024 · Edinburgh Festival Fringe, UK 2024 · Bondi Fest, Sydney 2024 · Geelong Arts Centre 2024 · Melbourne Fringe Festival 2023.
“One of the most frenetically uproarious shows you will ever experience” ★★★★★
— Time Out
“It's sheer bedlam in the most magnificent way, with the very nature of the show meaning the impending disaster trail will unravel wildly differently every night.” ★★★★★ — Time Out
“For me, this is perfection
—The Circus Diaries
Meet the Ensemble — four named performers carrying the entire show. Strong candidate; a show built on individual bodies under pressure benefits from putting faces to it.
Behind the Work — the “different every night” mechanic (it's a wager, not a fixed script) is a genuinely good process story and currently only surfaces as a throwaway line inside a review quote. Give it its own space.
Presenter Logistics Snapshot — venue suitability is already broad (black box, proscenium arch, flexible spaces); worth a deeper logistics line once get-in specifics are confirmed.
More From This Artist — Pony Cam also has Grand Theft Theatre live on the slate. Genuine cross-link opportunity, first one we've hit across the three shows sampled.
