Burnout Paradise
About This Event
Pony Cam's Burnout Paradise — four performers, four treadmills, and an escalating series of tasks enacting the euphoria and absurdity of getting life done before burning out. Adelaide Festival 2027, Space Theatre, Mar 7–14.
In an escalating series of tasks performed on four treadmills, Pony Cam enacts the recklessness, euphoria and absurdity of trying to get life done before burning out.
The longest running show in Adelaide — literally. Over the course of the performance the four performers must cook a meal, write a grant application, answer audience questions and complete a shifting list of jobs, all without stepping off the belts. What starts as a joke becomes a feat, then a confession, then something close to a ritual.
Winner of the Total Theatre Award at Edinburgh Fringe and a sold-out hit across Europe and Australia, Burnout Paradise is funny, sweaty and unexpectedly moving — a show about the pace we all live at, performed at that pace.
Performances:
Sun 7 Mar 2027 — 6:00 PM
Mon 8 Mar 2027 — 6:00 PM
Tue 9 Mar 2027 — 11:00 AM & 6:00 PM
Thu 11 Mar 2027 — 8:00 PM
Fri 12 Mar 2027 — 8:00 PM
Sat 13 Mar 2027 — 5:00 PM
Sun 14 Mar 2027 — 4:30 PM
Venue: Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre
Presented by Adelaide Festival 2027.
