July has been a busy month & here are four stories from three events: Paul Hutchinson takes the waters at Ballyhenry; Maighread Kennedy shares a room with her parents & multiple siblings until an upgrade; Rosie Currie meets someone who is tall, dark & handsome but no stranger; Jonathan McDonald & his grandad go to Africa. Paul is your host.
Here is a bonus pod featuring Malachí O’Doherty with an hilarious tale involving Monte Carlo, a world famous author & chilled red wine plus an outrageous revelation by Paul about his trip to Monaco. Recorded in Bangor on July 5th as part of the Seaside Revival weekend.
On July 3rd in Belfast’s Black Box, nine first timers told their story of Belonging in Belfast. Here are four of them & a little bonus: Dave Thompson enters the Orange Order Song Contest; Geraldine McCormick fails to exhale; Orla McKeating embraces the city she had left behind; Niamh Kavanagh grows up on the road between Dublin & Belfast. Paul is your host.
Three more stories from our June 19 event in the Black Box in Belfast - a collaboration with the Belfast Photo Festival: Ben Ritchie tracks down his great-grandfather’s grave from the Great War; Jim Livingstone & son track down a High Mass with a hangover; Eddy Baker tracks down his namesake - LA rapper Eddy Baker. Paul is your host.
This story was told in Belfast at the Black Box on 24 April 2019 when the theme was Guilt. It was told by John McFarlane, his first story at tenx9. It should also have featured in Podcast 096 but something went wrong with that upload. So here it is: “There are no medals…”
A Picture tells a Thousand Stories was the theme for our June 19 event in conjunction with Belfast Photo Festival: nine stories, nine photos. Here are three of them: Heather Fleming remembers her mum’s advice about underwear & accidents…too late; Donna Hunter brings the audience to tears with her tale of family, love & guardian angels; Caroline Orr is astounded in Armagh. Pádraig has a mini-story about measles, foxy hair & a tea cosy. Paul is your host.
Tenx9 has made it to 100 podcasts! To celebrate, here are five stories to enjoy: Kate Burns & a honeymoon never to be forgotten; tenx9 founders Paul & Pádraig with stories on the theme The First TIme; Jen Zevan, mum of three, with a message to a new mum; Helen McClements whose dreams of a formal to remember were thwarted time after time. And Paul is also your host.
Tenx9 had its Armagh debut at the Market Place Theatre on June 6 2019. Here are three stories on City Life plus a bonus from Belfast: Jane Searle helps someone who had fallen through the cracks; Martelle McPartland rises in the early hours to think back to troubled days; Jim Livingstone goes on a sentimental journey; Paul Bond gives a Garda the runaround. Paul D is your host.
We’ve all been young so here are three amazing true stories told at the Black Box (plus a romantic mini-story) on 29 May 2019: first timer Donna Hunter turns the tables on her tormentor; Stephen Calvert recommends tenx9 as a romantic date; Peter Anderson tells the story of his amazing mother; Richard O’Leary details his childhood “battle” with the bottle. Pádraig appears in puppet form while Paul is your host.
Three stories from our amazing evening in Portstewart at Flowerfield Arts Centre for “The First Time…” & a bonus from the USA: Bernie McGill remembers Byddi & the settle bed (you can read a longer version here: https://bit.ly/2I0XPID); Jim O’Neill remembers his Gaeltacht romance; from Nashville Tamara Shehadeh remembers the day when everything happened at once; Sue Divin remembers a memorable 12th birthday for “himself”. Paul is your host.
