In a world consumed by chaos live minds consumed by chaos. The painful rhythm of contemporary life places us in a constant struggle between balance and disorder. Perfect Chaos is an experimental, psychophysical two-hander in which Richard and Kuba — a creative duo whose collaboration began while studying at Aberystwyth University in Wales — use performance as a way of asking how to live in times that make functioning increasingly difficult.

They take on the roles of Alby and Goblin, who form an unlikely friendship and decide to change the rules: instead of trying to silence chaos within themselves, they choose to accept it and see what happens when they stop treating it as something that needs to be fixed.

It can feel as though the systems and structures of our world have become increasingly skilled at capitalising on our attention and our time, pulling us away from our own goals while constantly producing new stimuli. Like in so many dystopian visions, they numb us and overfeed us with dopamine, making it harder and harder to focus on what we actually want and who we want to become.

At the same time, they demand that we suppress our internal chaos — everything that refuses to fit neatly within order, productivity, discipline and predictability. Because in their understanding, chaos is a threat. In ours, chaos is human.