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.

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?

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.