Read the Reviews for Pony Cam's Burnout Paradise Off-Broadway

In a race against time, four performers on treadmills perform an escalating series of tasks as they try to get a long to-do list finished.

March 06, 2026 By Margaret Hall

Dominic Weintraub, Claire Bird, Hugo Williams, William Strom (Austin Ruffer)

Pony Cam's Burnout Paradise officially re-opened Off-Broadway March 5, and the reviews are rolling in!

The production has returned Off-Broadway for an extended engagement at the Astor Place Theatre. Created and performed by the award-winning Australian theatre collective Pony Cam, the show began previews February 18, and is set to run through June 28. The piece previously premiered in North America at Brooklyn's St. Ann’s Warehouse, kicking off St. Ann's 45th anniversary season.

In Burnout Paradise, Pony Cam welcomes audiences with a simple question: can the four performers complete a dizzying array of challenges while collectively running 20 kilometers on treadmills before their time runs out? The four runners carry out a variety of absurd activities, from preparing a three-course meal, to washing their hair, to reciting Hamlet’s soliloquy, to walking the dog and picking up its poop, to writing and submitting an arts grant, and more. If they fail (and, they often do) they offer the audience their money back. Originating in Australia, the Parrot Ox–produced production previously played the Edinburgh Fringe.

Read the reviews below.

1 Minute Critic (Matthew Wexler)

Culture Sauce (Thom Geier)

New York Theatre Guide (Gillian Russo)

Time Out (Raven Snook)

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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.

Burnout Paradise is performed by Claire Bird, Ava Campbell, William Strom, Dominic Weintraub, and Hugo Williams. The Astor Place production features scenic and video design by Jim Findlay (Measure for Measure) and Pony Cam, lighting design by Dans Maree Sheehan (Elevator Repair Service), and sound design by Tony winner Cody Spencer (The Outsiders). General Management is by Baseline Theatrical.

Burnout Paradise is produced by Christine Schwarzman, Megan O’Keefe, and Dylan Pager for No Guarantees Productions, and Dans Maree Sheehan & Lauren Eisinger for Parrot Ox Productions.

For more information, visit BurnoutParadise.com.