Quiz - Fringe Theatre Edmonton

Green onion cake or ticket stub? Jester hat or Festival Guide? Which signature Fringe element are you? Take our quiz now and find out!

It’s mid-December in Edmonton, Alberta. You haven’t seen the sun in 492 days. What rosy #yegfringe memory keeps you aglow inside?*
- Noshing on street eats while downing a frosty Big Rock Brew in a beer tent with your best buds while you decide on the important things in life: more tasty treats? A jaw-dropping, chainsaw-juggling, magical street show? Why choose when you can have both?
- Hightailing it from the box office to the farthest flung venue while you calculate the exact amount of time it will take you to pee, fill your water bottle, get your seat, turn off your cell phone, and take in your fifth show of the day.
- Perusing the artisan tents while nonchalantly sipping a freshly squeezed lemonade as the sweet serenading sounds of a steel guitar-playing busker fill your ears and heart.
- Highlighter, spreadsheet, dogeared Festival Guide, 260+ shows to see in just 10 days. You are the master of planning the perfect Fringe experience.

When you think of your favourite things, this immediately jumps to mind:*
- Pals, chill vibes, and staying up way past your bedtime.
- Cultural experiences, heady philosophical chats with passionate arts lovers, a drawer full of nostalgic handbills.
- A closet bursting with all your fav tees from past fests. Does a Festival even happen if you don’t have the shirt to prove it?
- A shelf full of Festival Guides from bygone years signed by your favourite artists. You can recall all your most loved shows from all your years of fringing with vivid clarity.

What’s your most impressive fringe trait?*
- You’ve sampled eats from every single food vendor.
- You once packed in 12 back-to-back hours of seeing theatre shows.
- You can create an entire ensemble just from the fashions you’ve collected from Festival.
- You can recall all 39 Edmonton Fringe Festival Themes without breaking a sweat.

If you could relive just one Fringe moment, what would it be?*
- That time you were called up on stage by a street performer and totally nailed the climactic closing act where they asked you to hold the ladder while they juggled flaming chairs.
- That one life-altering show that made you laugh, ugly cry, and contemplate your existential existence all in less than 45-minutes.
- The patchwork quilt/upcycled shoulder bag/sweet DIY jean jacket patch you made from your most beloved threadbare vintage Fest tee.
- That time you taught a first-time Fringer how to successfully navigate the show schedule while you were in line for your Double Fringer Pass on Ticket-on-Sale Day.

Sure, the pandemic may have cancelled all our best-loved summer events, but not even COVID can keep the spirit of Fringe down. How are you keeping Fringe alive from home?*
- A six pack of Big Rock and a fail proof make-at-home Green Onion Cake recipe you’ve perfected over the last nine months.
- Bookmarking the Fringe ticketing site AND FringeTV page so you don’t miss out on any upcoming digital events while you patiently wait for the full return of live, in-person theatre in all its uncomfortable seat, unairconditioned venue, in-the-moment emotional-high glory.
- Fringe snapback: check. 3 ½ Stars tee: check. Fringe hoodie: check. Fringe vintage pin collection: check. FringeTV streaming: check.
- A work-in-progress collage/vision board of photos, show posters, handbills, and Festival Guide highlights as you daydream about Fringe's 40th anniversary.

You’ve just won the ATB Financial Golden Ticket. What’s the first thing you do with your VIP privileges?*
- Plan your catered dinner in the Wine Tent with your best pal. Live music, Chiantis’ pasta, and a chance to pick the brain of Fringe’s Artistic Director? YES PLEASE.
- Be first in line at the box office on opening day to book all 100 of your show tickets. You’ve been training for this moment your whole life.
- Get to site early, park in your VIP on-site parking spot, and throw caution to the wind: where will your Fringe adventure take you today?!
- Stake out a spot in the North Big Rock Beer Tent for the Free-for-All and carefully schedule out the best. Fringe. EVER.

If you could be any show genre, what genre would you be?*
- Comedy. You’re all about the laugh-till-you-can't-breath.
- Drama. Here for that emotional gut-punch every time.
- Physical theatre or Dance. The body in motion is one of the best forms of storytelling.
- Dramedy. No, musical theatre. No, clown. No, burlesque. No, improv. No, variety show! GAH! Can you even pick just one?!

If you could make one holiday Fringe wish come true, what would it be?*
- An afternoon of outdoor adventure and new-to-you eats with your very favourite peeps.
- An evening in the theatre complete with before-show appies and post-show drinks and chats with your theatre bestie.
- Shopping the Whyte Ave strip, a little live music, and no pressure to be anywhere in particular.
- A backpack full of essentials and a carefully planned minute-by-minute action-packed day of theatre-going from break of noon to sundown.

What signature Fringe element are you?!