After a hit run at WOW Festival 2025, Burnout Paradise returns to La Jolla Playhouse for one week only in December. Buzz about this show spread far and wide earlier this year — people clambered to get tickets, dragged their friends back for more, even tried to sneak in once it was sold out! The competition to get a seat rivalled the chaos unfolding on stage. Don’t wait to get your tickets — it will sell out again! Four performers mount four treadmills. What begins as a simple wager between performers and audience becomes a frantic attempt to complete a series of escalating tasks that test the limits of the performers’ bodies, spirits and minds.
This is not an endurance feat. Nor is it performance art. It is an unraveling realization 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. And it’s hilarious.
Australia’s Pony Cam is known for bold, high-energy performances that blur the lines between theatre and physical endurance. Their work is evocative and unflinching, earning them a reputation as one of the most exciting experimental theatre companies of their generation.
Burnout Paradise is an international hit — audiences from Melbourne to Edinburgh to New York rave that it’s one of the most fun theatre experiences they’ve had. Don’t miss this limited encore run in San Diego!
December 17-21, 2025
La Jolla Playhouse
2910 La Jolla Village Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
