Burnout Paradise (Albany)
From Australia’s award-winning experimental collective Pony Cam, Burnout Paradise invites you into a high-stakes space charged with recklessness, euphoria, and the fleeting optimism that comes just before burnout.
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 limitations of the performer’s bodies, spirits and minds. This is not an endurance feat. Nor is it performance art. It is an unraveling realisation that the system we participate in is not designed for us. A delusional and physical celebration of our collective struggle to establish clear boundaries in our lives.
Organizer
Pony CamVenue
The Egg
Category
Theatrical GamesTag
ComedyStart date
October 15th, 2026
End date
October 18th, 2026
Audience Role
This show relies on the kindness of strangers.
Ages: 13 +
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10
Events
2
Years on EI
About Pony Cam
We are an award winning experimental collective of five theatre makers from around Australia. Our work is driven by a desire to bring people together to create experiences that could not otherwise be had. By subverting well-known forms, activating unexpected spaces, and inviting audiences into our work in unexpected ways, we create moments where audiences are challenged to question their assumptions, laugh at themselves, and reject habitual recourse. As an ensemble we have trained together for over five years, and our practice is instinctive, physical, and highly playful. No two of our works are formally the same, but each is driven by a desire to reimagine our impact in the world, find joy in community, remain utterly silly and laugh in the face of tragedy. The current line up for Pony Cam is Claire Bird, Ava Campbell, William Strom, Dominic Weintraub and Hugo Williams.