Three stories to cheer a Winter’s day: Jim Livingstone reunites with a long-lost school mate; Michaela McDaid moves to Mars; Adam Milligan discovers the danger of false friends. Sacré bleu. Paul is your host.
Three stories on the theme Small World told in the Black Box: Brendan Green discovers the Irish know exactly how small the world is; Paul Hutchinson goes across the world to meet his new daughter; Lydia Searle finds a world of love with a dog called Murphy. Paul is your host.
Tenx9 returned to Limavady’s Roe Valley Arts Centre for Secrets & Lies: Florence Forbes learned the value of a white lie; Mary Farrell learned her secret love was the one for her; Gloria O’Connor revealed her darkest secret for the first time. Paul is your host.
Three stories, two storytellers: Margaret McClory tells the Black Box about her tricky parents; Paul Hutchinson tells Portstewart about ghostly tongues. Paul is your host.
Three stories with varying degrees of horror: Emma Kane reveals her terror of the White Nun to the Portstewart audience; Gloria O’Connor spots a dancing skeleton hanging outside a hospital ward; Paul Brady goes to a pre-marriage course from hell. Paul D is your host.
Three stories from recent months: David Simpson discovers love in Derry; Jane Searle discovers she’s a worrier; Pádraig Ó Tuama discovers the importance of connection far from home. Paul is your host.
Tenx9 was in Derry for the first Spread the Word literary festival in the Waterside Theatre & the theme was New Beginnings: Anne Tracey got a new house; Mark McGrath got a new lease on life; Josephine Hassan got an eyeful in London. Paul is your host.
It was tenx9’s 11th birthday and the theme was Dark: Julie-May Noteman shocked the Black Box with her derring-do; Dave Thompson got a shock searching for a toilet during a power cut; Pat Scott got the shock of her life when Ritchie the cat….you need to listen! Paul is your host.
Two fantastic & contrasting stories told in the Black Box 31 August when the theme was Once, when I was young: first-timer Cat Rafferty is victim of an egg-related crime; Paul Hutchinson finds himself in a dilemma over a raised hand. Paul D is your host.
Gareth Higgins will make you laugh & sigh with this wonderful story told in the Black Box on 31 Aug 2022 when the theme was Once, When I was Younger.
