We took tenx9 to Derry and here are three stories from our evening in Sandinos , 4 December 2019 when the theme was School: Stan McWilliams brings a touch of pizzazz to his gloomy grammar school; Michaela McDaid brings the Derry skycape to Oz; Roy Arbuckle brings back memories of primary school. Paul is your host.

Tenx9 is a monthly storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes to tell a true story from their own life on a particular theme. It began in Belfast in 2011, started by Pádraig Ó Tuama & Paul Doran, and as well as filling the main venue in the Black Box, it has spread to Scotland, England, USA, Canada, Netherlands & Australia.

While it draws on the tradition of oral storytelling, we also encourage the shy, the nervous & the reticent - some people are confident speakers other use notes or the full text.