Pádraig & Paul both missed tenx9 fo the first time ever but they were ably replaced by Cara Doran & Chris O’Donoghue. The theme was: The Kindness of Strangers: Paul Brady learns a good deed isn’t always repaid in kind; Anne Marie McCallion learns kindness can come from anyone; David Braziel learns kindness can come in small gestures.

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.