The last few acts of the Brighton Fringe have played themselves out, and all eyes are starting to look to Edinburgh.  But before we head north, we've some important business to complete... because, for the first time, we're bringing our Editor's Choice awards to Brighton.  It's a pleasure and an honour to be able to recognize those shows that left the strongest impression on our reviewing team.

If you've walked along Brighton seafront over the last week, you can't have missed the giant egg sitting next to the West Pier.  Inside you'll find three members of The Myst, the Sussex-based band who've made the egg their temporary home.

In Brighton in May, you can add a Fringe twist to almost everything you do.  In this audio blog, I drop into the Residence Pop-Up Restaurant, for a spot of lunch with a touch of artistic flair.

It's a two-parter audio blog from me today, recorded as I make my way to my one and (likely) only official Festival event: "Before I Sleep" in the now-defunct Co-Op building.  In a first for me, I give my immediate reactions right after stepping out of the show.

In this new audio blog from the Brighton Fringe, I'll be seeking out the unusual, the creative and the easily-missed around and about the city this May.  It's a chance to get out from the theatres and comedy clubs, and try to catch that spark of unconstrained creativity which defines the Fringe for me.

I'm posting this blog as a follow-up to a conversation on Twitter, when Chris Cooke from ThreeWeeks kicked off a campaign to send one simple message to the world: NEVER SEND PRESS RELEASES AS PDFs.  It's advice you've probably heard before - but after I'd repeated Chris's rallying cry, a few people tweeted back to ask me why.  Fair question.  Let me explain.

I'm in Edinburgh at the moment, preparing for the much-awaited launch of the Edinburgh International Festival programme - but at this time of year, the real action is down in Brighton.  Our reviewer Fiona Russell took the chance to catch up with some pre-Fringe comedy last weekend, thanks to a first-anniversary show from local group, Casual Violence.

In the second part of my interview with the young, York-based theatre company Belt Up, the group's four founders - Alexander, Dominic, James and Jethro - share their plans for the Edinburgh Fringe this year.  Apart from a few cryptic hints on their blog, they've been tight-lipped about their much-anticipated third Fringe season, so I'm delighted they've chosen FringeGuru to unveil their programme for 2010.