Tenx9

From our Pets evening on 23 April, Jane Searle poses a deeply philosophical question. Paul does the introduction. 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/events...

Three stories from our Troubles-themed evening at the Black Box on 29 May 2024: Liam Kelly gets involved in recreational rioting; Ciaran McAlinden is a good citizen caught up in an IRA attack; Deirdre Morrison meets the man who had been missing all her life. 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...

A special podcast marking the 18th birthday of Belfast’s Black Box, tenx9’s home venue since 2011: Helen McClements conjures up a troll for her girls; Jim Livingstone is a liability wherever he goes; Paul Brady plays Vatican roulette with the Duchess. 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 pa...

Three stories on the theme Coming Home from our evening in Limavady in April: Mike Carlisle gets anxious about his baby’s constipation; Alice Lewis remembers the hangover from Hell & her kindly Pioneer parents; Mark McGrath discovers powers within himself in a psychiatric unit. Paul is your host. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes each to tell a true story...

The theme for our April event at the Black Box was Pets: Ciaran McAlinden tells us about Patch & the soldiers in Lurgan; Sarah Torrens is forgotten by Gar the Goose in the mid-west of the USA; Paul Doran is still confused at Lucky’s fate. Paul is also 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 stories told at three events in 2023: Bevin O’Donnell tells Belfast's Black Box how she began a lifelong journey; Norman Meharry tells Bangor courthouse how he literally fell for Capri; Gloria O’Connor tells Portstewart about her namesake, Cousin Glo. 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 o...

Tenx9 regular Paul Brady told this hilarious story at Belfast’s Black Box at our March event when the theme was, appropriately, March. Another full podcast will be coming next week. 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...

Three stories told at our March evening in Belfast’s Black Box when the theme was… March: Richard O’Leary enjoys his First Communion - again; Kerry Logan goes marching through the dating apps: Barney Gribbin loses his mum but makes the room laugh. 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...

Two powerful stories told by refugees from Ukraine who found a welcome in Belfast told in the Black Box in December 2023: Aleksander Szachorin makes a dramatic escape across the border; Viktoriia Shakhorina shows her gratitude on a bicycle. The evening was sponsored by the Law Society & was part of the NI Human Rights Festival. Tenx9 is a live storytelling event where nine people have up to ten mi...

Tenx9 visited Omagh for the first time for true stories of New Beginnings in partnership with the Integrated Education Fund: Charlotte Turnbull rediscovered her love of comedy; Patrick McGrath went from barman to Ironman & Mandy Chism introduced us to Ellie. 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...

Here are three amazing stories from our February evening as part of the NI Science Festival: Dave Thompson discovers pets can win prizes; Niamh Kelly discovers Silage Wars is a real thing; Barry McDevitt discovers John McEnroe is a force to be reckoned with. 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 wonderful true stories told at the Black Box in Belfast: get a glimpse of political life with Rachel Woods; get a listen to the playlist of music-lover Paul Bond; get an insight into loneliness through the eyes of a child Josephine Hassan. 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 particul...

Three women, three themes, three stories from the dark winter evenings: Sarah Mathison is embarrassed by her past; Naomi Green defends her children from abuse; Rachel Smith loves Elton who does’t like to spend money. 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...

Our first podcast of 2024 & it’s brill. Recorded on 17 January 2024 in the Black Box, Belfast when the theme was In the Beginning: Michael Topping taps to his own beat; Jim Livingstone falls for a gorgeous smile; Pat Scott finds an ending in the beginning. 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...

Here’s a little present for you - Heather Carey told her first tenx9 story at our amazing Christmas evening on 20 December 2023. It’s all about life on the farm… a turkey farm. 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 & Pau...

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...