Black Box regular (and much loved by the audience) Richard O’Leary told a story at our Pride night on 31 July 2019: it’s a tale of his friend Sheila & Sappho Woman. Apologies - there is a little distortion on the sound but it’s worth it!
From both sides of the globe, four stories - two told in Belfast, two in Adelaide: first-timer John Mooney takes on Air France; Jen Zeven takes to scary Zeus immediately; Jen Pearse takes the pet-minder at his word; Gaynor takes us to the station platform as the last train pulls away. Paul is your host.
Three fantastic stories & a mini-story on the theme Getaway told in the Black Box in Belfast on August 21: PD has a mini-story of cross-community love; first-timer Bob Salisbury meets his nemesis “The Skull”; Donna Hunter’s second home becomes indelibly connected to her first; Paul Hutchinson reveals why part of his granny will always be in Millisle.
We’ve four wonderful stories from four summer festivals: Leighann McConville has the wisdom of King Canute at Féile; Walker Ewart has an adult dilemma at EastSide Arts Festival; Sean Mullin has an epiphany in the labour ward from Fiddlers Green; Heather Fleming has a caravan in a hurricane at Soma. Paul is your host.
Three nights, four stories from July & August: David Braziel meets his first & only love; Donna Feehan weds the love of her life amid great generosity; Jesse Arthur mourns the aunt he only got to love later in life; Nuala McKeever loves the Westerns while her brother heads off for adventure & there’s a message full of love from Australia. Paul is your host.
To mark our evening with EastSide Arts Festival on August 4th, here is a bonus pod featuring Gaynor Kane & her story of the paradise wedding that could have been hell!
On a beautiful summer evening, the Black Box was filled to capacity for our annual tenx9 in conjunction with Belfast Pride. Always a great evening, here are four amazing stories: Maureen Boyle with a tale of shared interests & intimacy in the USA; Tony Doyle on how he got through those difficult straight teenage years; Kirsty Mulholland who found support where she had feared rejection; Fidelma Carolan who realised God isn’t just for the “straights”. Paul is your host.
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.
