Tenx9

Three fantastic stories told at events in October 2020: Helen Killick goes on safari & faces a dingo; Kevin Makins goes home & faces devastation; Jim Livingstone goes football crazy & has a surprise caller..

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. It has migrated to Zoom for the duration of the pandemic.

To mark Halloween 2020 here’s a ghost story to chill your soul told by first-timer Colin Urwin on Oct 30 2020 when the theme was Fear.

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. We have moved to Zoom for the duration of the pandemic.

Three stories & a mini-story from Pádraig recorded Oct 21 when the theme was The Last Time: prepare to have your heartbroken by Katherine Galvin; prepare to have your ribs tickled by Cathy Shannon; prepare for the unexpected with Matthew Mercier. Paul is your host.

Tenx9 is a monthly 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, started by Pádraig Ó Tuama & Paul Doran. During the pandemic it has migrated to Zoom and has attracted a new international audience.

From the 2019 archives, three stories featuring travel (sigh): Malachí O’Doherty witnesses a cremation in India; Lydia Hodgins is welcomed to Detroit; Nigel McKinney risks death in Thailand. 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.

During the pandemic we have migrated to Zoom.

Two stories from two tenx9 regulars: Richard O’Leary makes a performance-enhancing deal with the Virgin Mary; Paul Hutchinson is caught between the hunter and the knitter. 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. During the pandemic restrictions, it has migrated to Zoom.

Three fantastic stories from three brilliant women told via Zoom, 23 September when the theme was Nerves: Corks’s Sinead Garry & the nun who broke into cars; Baltimore’s Connie Phipps & a horror story with police; Glasgow’s Gyda Meeten on first days on the wards. Pádraig makes an appearance. 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. During the pandemic it has migrated to Zoom. Join us!

Fiona Malloy told this story when the theme was It’s a Small World in July 2020 illustrating perfectly that you can go nowhere but you'll know someone.

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. During the pandemic it has migrated to Zoom - details at tenx9.com.

One from the archives: remembering our Back Box evenings, here are three “vintage” stories: Eddy Baker meets his namesake, Eddy Baker; Paul Hutchinson develops an intimacy with his in-laws; Jim Livingstone has a religious experience after a day at the races. Pád makes an appearance. 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. It has moved to Zoom for the duration of the pandemic.

Three Zoom stories & a little bonus: first-timer Killian Faith-Kelly cures his hangover; Karen Lane is told no cure is needed; Karen Hetherington addresses a troubled history for which there is no cure; Pádraig reveals the soup that can cure the autumn chill. 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 has moved to Zoom during the pandemic.,

First-timer Connie Phelps joined us from Baltimore, USA with this amazing but harrowing story of violence in the home and the role of those who’re supposed to protect. The theme was Home from Home and it was told on 26 August 2020. Padraig introduces Connie.

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. For the duration of the covid crisis, it has migrated to Zoom.