Tenx9

Three wonderful Christmas stories told in the Black Box on 21 December 2022: Caroline Orr & the Bond villain organising Xmas; Brendan Green escapes Clonard for Vietnam; Lorna Dunn finds love in the cowshed. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a particular theme. It began in Belfast in 2011 i...

Three stories including one from the Zoom vault & two from Portstewart: Olwen Minford is drawn to nursing by Great Uncle Aubrey; Shane Laverty faces an unappetising choice & Gyda Meeten remembers a very special meeting. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a particular theme. It began in Belf...

The theme was Sick but the November Black Box event was hale & hearty: Paul Whittington was taken from behind by a Liverpool fan; Barney Gribbin honoured his parents’ undying love; Paul Brady donned several disguises for his mum’s dementia. Paul D is your host. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a particular...

Three wonderful stories told at our Black Box event on 25 October 2023 when the theme was Scared to Death: George Sproule knows bravery when he sees it; Josephine Hassan knows a fire when she sees it; Richard O’Leary knows the fires of Purgatory await. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a p...

Here’s a stand-alone story from tenx9 regular Malachí O’Doherty told in the Black Box on Weds 25 Oct when the theme was Scared to Death. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a particular theme. It began in Belfast in 2011 in the Black Box, started by Pádraig Ó Tuama & Paul Doran. You’ll find all the upcoming da...

Three stories from recent tenx9 events - two in Portrush, one in Belfast: Kate Murphy takes us back to her first day at school; Naomi Hoffart rediscovers her love of music after a bereavement; Kerriann Speers is inspired by a physicist on a train. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a partic...

Three brilliant stories from our September event in Belfast’s Black Box: Mairead O’Hara recreates her first dance; Bronagh McAtasney is steeped in Madness; Dave Thompson is very Orange & the audience is in fine voice. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a particular theme. It began in Belfas...

We paired up with the Integrated Education Fund for stories on the theme Together in Derry’s Nerve Centre on September 21: Paul Bonar introduces Scully, his housemate; Mary Johnson is muddled by Zoom in the pandemic; Mark McGrath finds his hero in a cardigan. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life...

Three stories told at three summer events in 2023: Paul Hutchinson finds a friend in a failed conversion; Gloria O’Connor finds a nightmare scene in her garage; Barney Gribbin finds his poetic voice on holiday in Ibiza. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a particular theme. It began in Belf...

It was August 23 in Belfast’s Black Box & the theme was One Summer: first timer Clare O’Connor took us to the shark-infested Foyle; Richard O’Leary took us to the grandest bed in France; Fiona Molloy took us to a sticky London & an encounter on the Tube. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a...

Pat Scott told this funny & chilling tale of hitching in France when the theme was One Summer. It was August 23 in the Black Box. There is mild sexual threat. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a particular theme. It began in Belfast in 2011 in the Black Box, started by Pádraig Ó Tuama & Paul Doran. You’ll fi...

For the first time since 2019, tenx9 was back in Bangor for stories on the theme Proud: Helen Killick commits a small act of rebellion; Campbell Killick gets life lessons on the bins; Ann-Marie Foster discovers Charlie’s bits n pieces. Paul makes a Santa-related apology. We were in the amazing new venue in Bangor, the Courthouse. Thanks for having us. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine...

It was a wet Wednesday in a soggy Belfast on 26 July with an inappropriate theme but wonderful stories: Judith Sialanskaia is rebuffed by Shusha the cat; Denise Magill struggles with a menagerie of pets; Darius Whelan decides to rescue the birds. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a particu...

The brilliant Paul Brady told this hilarious story of a Dolphin Safari in July 2023 when the theme was It Never Rains… Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a particular theme. It began in Belfast in 2011 in the Black Box, started by Pádraig Ó Tuama & Paul Doran. You’ll find all the upcoming dates at tenx9.com/e...

Three wonderful stories told at different tenx9 events: Rhonda Glasgow encounters amazing principals; Paul Whittington tries his hand at erotica; Lorna Dunn breaks hearts with the loss of two parents in one week. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a particular theme. It began in Belfast in...

We partnered with the Belfast Photo Festival on the theme Journey - each story accompanied by a photo. This podcast features three first timers: Robert Wallace & the healing power of donkeys; Steffi Jones & the Titanic trip that changed her life; David McCann & the inspirational Granny Mary. Paul is your host. See the photos on our social media feeds. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine...

Paul Brady told this hilarious story in the Black Box on April 27 when the theme was Bad. I mean, how bad can things get? Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a particular theme. It began in Belfast in 2011 in the Black Box, started by Pádraig Ó Tuama & Paul Doran. You’ll find all the upcoming dates at tenx9.co...

Three wonderful Awkward stories from our partnership with Ulster University’s LGBT & BAME networks on 14 June, 2023: Susan gets into a series of awkward encounters; Liz watches the awkwardness vanish as she gets an honour; Campbell finds his tribe. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a parti...

Tenx9 returned to Portstewart’s Flowerfield Arts Centre on May 19 for an evening of Family stories - here are two of them: Alice Lewis mourns in her late mother’s garden; Maura Doran reflects on the Japanese repairs on a vase. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a particular theme. It began...

Terence Finnegan broke hearts in the Black Box with this wonderful story - his first at tenx9 - when the theme was Bad on April 26. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a particular theme. It began in Belfast in 2011 in the Black Box, started by Pádraig Ó Tuama & Paul Doran. You’ll find all the upcoming dates a...

In Belfast’s Black Box on April 26, the theme was Bad but the stories were amazing: Cliodna McCrory explained the real meaning of stew; Carrie Wilson introduced her dad who meant the world to her; Paul Bond told everyone he was grand even when he wasn’t. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a...

To mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, we teamed up with Belfast’s Lyric theatre for stories of agreement: Malachí O’Doherty talks life on the dole; Jane Searle on life-changing injuries from the Troubles; Richard O’Leary on life with Mervyn on the Shankill. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story...

Three brilliant stories all with a strong medical theme told at different events: Jim McGrath is a lonely four-year-old in hospital; Mark McGrath’s mum is saved by a modest medic; Gloria O’Connor relives a chaotic day on the ward. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a particular theme. It be...

Three first-timers, three wonderful stories told in the Black Box, Belfast on March 28 2023 when the theme was Good: Hazel Naughton makes life-changing decisions; Geraldine Healey makes life-long friends with Benji; Stephen Magee makes a good tipster & fleeces the bookies. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from...

Kathy Ayers was at the tenx9 mic in the black Box for the first time in February 2023 for this story of Discovery - it’s brilliant. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story from their own life on a particular theme. It began in Belfast in 2011 in the Black Box, started by Pádraig Ó Tuama & Paul Doran. You’ll find all the upcoming dates a...