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.Por Tenx9

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.Por Tenx9

Three stories on the theme Coming Home from our evening in Limavady in April: Mike Carlisle gets anxious when his baby doesn’t poop; Alice Lewis remembers the hangover & her kindly Pioneer parents; Mark McGrath discovers powers within himself in a psychiatric unit. Paul is your host.Por Tenx9

The theme for our April event at the Black Box was Pets: Ciaran McAlinden tells us about Patch & the soldiers; Sarah Torrens is forgotten by Gar the Goose; Paul Doran is still confused at Lucky’s fate. Paul is also your host.Por Tenx9

Three stories told at three events in 2023: Bevin O’Donnell begins a lifelong journey; Norman Meharry literally falls for Capri; Gloria O’Connor pays tribute to her namesake. Paul is your host.Por Tenx9

Tenx9 regular Paul Brady told this hilarious story at Belfast’s Black Box at our March event when the theme was, appropriately, March.Por Tenx9

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.Por Tenx9

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.Por Tenx9

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.Por Tenx9

Three amazing stories from our February evening as part of the NI Science Fest: Dave Thompson discovers pets can win prizes; Niamh Kelly discovers Silage Wars is a thing; Barry McDevitt discovers John McEnroe is someone to be reckoned with. Paul is your host.Por Tenx9

Three wonderful true stories told at the Black Box: get a glimpse of a 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 with Josephine Hassan. Paul is your host.Por Tenx9

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.Por Tenx9

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.Por Tenx9

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.Por 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.Por Tenx9

Three stories including one from the Zoom vault: Olwen Minford is drawn to nursing by Uncle Aubrey; Shane Laverty faces an unappetising choice & Gyda Meeten remembers a very special meeting. Paul is your host.Por Tenx9

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 personalities for his mum’s dementia. Paul D is your host.Por Tenx9

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.Por Tenx9

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.Por Tenx9

Three stories from recent tenx9 events: 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.Por Tenx9

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. Paul is your host.Por Tenx9

We paired up with the Integrated Education Fund for the theme Together in Derry’s Nerve Centre on September 21: Paul Bonar introduces Scully, his housemate; Mary Johnson is muddled by Zoom; Mark McGrath finds his hero in a cardigan. Paul is your host.Por Tenx9

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.Por Tenx9

It was August 23 in Belfast’s Black Box & the theme was One Summer: Clare O’Connor took us to the shark-infested Foyle; Richard O’Leary took us to bed in France; Fiona Molloy took us to a sticky London & an encounter on the Tube. Paul is your host.Por Tenx9

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.Por Tenx9

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.Por tenx9

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.Por Tenx9

The brilliant Paul Brady told this hilarious story of a Dolphin Safari in July 2023 when the theme was It Never Rains…Por Tenx9

Three wonderful stories told at tenx9: Rhonda Glasgow encounters amazing principals; Paul Whittington tries his hand at erotica; Lorna Dunn breaks hearts with the loss of two parents in a short space of time. Paul is your host.Por Tenx9

We partnered with the Belfast Photo Festival on the theme Journey - each story accompanied by a photo: 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.Por Tenx9

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?Por Tenx9

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.Por Tenx9

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.Por Tenx9

Terence Finnegan broke hearts in the Black Box with this wonderful story - his first at tenx9 - when the theme was Bad on April 26.Por Tenx9

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.Por Tenx9

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.Por Tenx9

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 wild day on the ward. Paul is your host.Por Tenx9

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.Por Tenx9

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.Por Tenx9

Here are two stories from summer 2022: Paul Whittington gets a painful life lesson on the farm; first-timer Lindsey Allen gets a painful life lesson in Yemen. Paul is your host.Por Tenx9

On February 23, we returned to Roe Valley Arts Centre in Limavady for the Steinbeck Festival. The theme was Journey & here are three stories from that evening: McCall Gilfillan had a hellish road trip; Grace Hurrell had a journey to remember with her future husband; Roy Arbuckle met a tattooed lady on his way to Portland. Paul is your host.…

Three amazing true stories from our annual collaboration with the NI Science Festival in Belfast’s Black Box: Barney Gribbin shares a holy secret: Darcey Youngman brings a new perspective on Pride & Prejudice; Paul Brady discovers a new use for a workman’s torchlight. Paul is your host.Por Tenx9

First-timer Paul Lee came along to tenx9 to tell this wonderful story when the theme was Fresh Start in January 2023. Enjoy!Por Tenx9

Three wonderful stories from three wonderful Black Box evenings: Brian Ammons reclaims holy ground; Emma Prunty is musically moved by Ukraine; Norman Meharry goes to sea to avoid university. Paul is your host.Por Tenx9

Our first live event of 2023 was held on Weds 18 Jan in the Black Box when the theme was Fresh Start: Eamonn Drayne turned his back on a prestigious career; Julie-May Noteman worried about her father’s fresh start; Ben Ritchie retired & found an exciting new world. Paul is your host.Por Tenx9

Our first podcast of 2023 with three wonderful stories from 2022: John Moriarty gave us our title with his Small World story; Willa Murphy joined us in Limavady with a disturbing tale of a disturbing priest; Jim Livingstone had a poignant reuniting with an old school friend. Paul is your host.Por Tenx9

Lorna Dunn had the Black Box audience enthralled on December 21 with this wonderfully romantic tale of love in a cold climate, on the farm. Paul has a short message.Por Tenx9

Three seasonal stories from the past 12 months: Richard O’Leary is a ruthless director of the Nativity play; Maire McGrath gets a shock after a good deed; Paul Hutchinson’s family Christmas ends in a drunken bar fight. Paul is your host.Por Tenx9

To make the US launch of Pádraig’s Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World, here’s a story from the tenx9 co-founder from March 2022 when the theme was Reality. (Paul was down with Covid.)Por Tenx9

Three stories to cheer a Winter’s day: Jim Livingstone reunites with a long-lost school mate; Michaela McDaid moves to Mars; Adam Milligan discovers the danger of false friends. Sacré bleu. Paul is your host.Por Tenx9