Burnout Paradise (Tucson)
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.
Watch four performers race against the clock on treadmills, tackling an absurd and escalating to-do list in a show that is equal parts comedy, chaos, and uncomfortably relatable truth. Burnout Paradise begins with a simple premise: four performers, four treadmills, one hour, and a to-do list that grows increasingly impossible by the minute. Cooking a three-course meal. Filling out a grant application. All while running. Created by award-winning Australian collective Pony Cam, this Off-Broadway phenomenon is part comedy, part endurance feat, and part theatrical explosion that holds a mirror up to the relentless pace of modern life in a way that will make you laugh, wince, and cheer all at once. And if they do not complete the list in time? You get your money back. This is a show about all of us. The impossible demands. The endless tasks. The desperate attempt to keep up with a system that was never designed with us in mind. Burnout Paradise takes that feeling and transforms it into something euphoric, visceral, and genuinely unforgettable. Get ready for an experience as physically demanding as it is emotionally resonant, performed live and completely seated on stage at Centennial Hall. Recommended for ages 12 and up.
Organizer
Pony CamVenue
Centennial Hall
Category
Theatrical GamesTag
ComedyStart date
October 7th, 2026
End date
October 10th, 2026
Audience Role
This show relies on the kindness of strangers.
Ages: 13 +
Content Advisories
Interaction Advisories
Mobility Advisories
Tags
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.