Soft Spot brings a tense and visually striking contemporary circus performance to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, blending physical theatre, object manipulation and high-stakes live risk.
Created and performed by real-life couple Stina Otterström and Arttu Lahtinen, the show uses 300 wine glasses, wooden planks and precise physicality to construct fragile, ever-shifting structures. As towers tremble and balance teeters on the edge, the performance becomes a live negotiation with instability, where every movement carries the threat of collapse.
Part balancing act, part game of nerve, the piece examines how people respond when control slips away. Trust sits at the centre of the work, both between the performers themselves and in their shared connection with the audience, as near-misses and recoveries become integral to the experience.
The use of wine glasses adds an immediate sense of tension and familiarity, with their fragility mirrored in the emotional landscape of the show. Even the sound design emerges from the material itself, incorporating the delicate resonance, clinks and shatters of glass.
Combining technical precision with emotional resonance, Soft Spot explores connection, vulnerability and resilience in a world where stability is never guaranteed.
Soft Spot runs at ZOO Southside from 7 – 30 August at 20:30. Tickets are on sale here
