“Anyone who has done the festival knows it’s not easy (and it’s certainly not cheap), but that “summer camp for adults” atmosphere makes it all worth it.”
WHO: Sophia Wolbrom
WHAT: “Sophia’s family has always had a plan. A way out. A route to survive. She assumed everyone did, until she asked her friends, ‘what do you want to do if there’s a catastrophe?’ and they stared at her like she had three heads. Her family’s caution came from a real place, and multiple generations were raised with the mantra: ‘You have to be ready to run.’ Danger Plan! is part solo show and part cabaret, featuring personal stories, original songs, and dark humour exploring generational trauma, anxiety, and the absurdities of living in uncertain times.”
WHERE: Wee Container 2 at Hoots @ Potterrow (Venue 243)
WHEN: 19:40 (60 min)
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Is this your first time to Edinburgh?
This year will mark my ninth Edinburgh Fringe Festival, but will only be my second year coming as a Performer with my own show. I can’t lie, it feels insane that this festival and annual pilgrimage back to Scotland has been a part of my life for over a decade. I feel like at this point the only role I’ve not worked in is bar staff, having been a punter, worked on a street team for someone else, been a venue manager, a stage manager, I’ve come as a student, I’ve been over as industry, and now for the second year a writer, performer, and producer. I think it’s really the energy and creative community that keeps me coming back. Anyone who has done the festival knows it’s not easy (and it’s certainly not cheap), but that “summer camp for adults” atmosphere makes it all worth it.
What are the big things you’ve learned since 2025 and have you absorbed any of the lessons yet?
Danger Plan! is far more relevant than I wanted it to be. When I started to write the show at the end of last year’s festival, it was meant to be a joke. I was sitting at a bar with my mum thinking about what I wanted to work on next, and we started laughing about old family stories and my grandparents’ & father’s paranoia (ie: my grandmother wanted to microchip me when I was born, and my mother had to shut that down). So initially I thought it was going to be almost a roast of my family, and an examination of how I internalized the way I was raised. However, over the last year, as I started talking to friends about the idea and sharing my stories with them, people started quietly pulling me aside to mention they have a go-bag packed in their closet or that they’re trying to date people who can help them get dual citizenship. Living in New York City, and watching the news and what’s been happening with the current administration in a post-pandemic world, all of a sudden it started to feel like maybe my family wasn’t so crazy after all, because the idea of being prepared (which, ten years ago, my friends in college told me I was crazy for having a plan), has now become far more normalized.
Tell us about your show.
Danger Plan! asks the question: Are you prepared if disaster strikes? While my debut show, Can’t Find My Way Home, was all about what it means to feel at home, this year’s show is all about running away. It’s a solo show featuring true stories from my life, enhanced by original music (but it is not a musical). I appreciate that the subject matter can be perceived as heavy and daunting, but I approach it with levity and a touch of dark humor because, at the end of the day, we are all living in uncertain times.
Danger Plan! is written and performed by me, Sophia Wolbrom, and produced by my company, Know Smoke Productions. It’s directed by Kevin Qian, with original music by Jacob “Milk” Sandler and Aydin Mayers (who is also the music supervisor). Edinburgh will mark the show’s world debut, which feels both exciting and daunting, to finally share it with audiences and see how they respond. Following Edinburgh, I intend to bring it back to New York City and then tour it throughout the US, Canada & abroad.
What should your audience see at the festivals after they’ve seen your show?
My director, Kevin Qian, is bringing his debut solo show – 2%: A Play About Privilege (And Also Milk). He’s an incredible talent, both onstage and as a creative partner, plus an added bonus that he is genuinely a great person. My show would not be what it is without him, and his show is great too. It runs the 7th – 29th at 12:05 at theSpaceTriplex.
I’d also recommend Time Travel Postman, which is at Gilded Balloon Patter House at 20:40. It was created by Devon Loves ME! Productions. Last year, they brought it over as a work in progress under the title It Was Really Good to Know You, and it’s as humorous as it is heartfelt. Sevrin Willinder knows how to work with an audience in such an approachable manner.
I can also rattle off a list of comedians who are just great fun every year, including Billy Kirkwood, John Robertson, Pauline Eyre, and Rachel Creeger (to name a few).
Honestly, my number one piece of advice when giving recommendations is to take a risk on something you’re given a flyer for that you wouldn’t normally go see. That’s such a big part of what the festival is about: experiencing something new!
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