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Still We Weave – When Growing Up Pulls You Apart

Standing Ovations in Belfast and Drogheda! “Co-writing Still We Weave with this talented group was an unforgettable privilege. The play they created ignited audiences with raw power, fearless storytelling and the uncompromising voices of young people determined to be heard.” Playwright Tony Macaulay Powerful stories of knife crime, self-harm, attempted suicide and addiction were on stage in the MAC theatre in Belfast in November 2025 performed by the young people who had experienced these challenges. The powerful youth theatre production, Still We Weave, co-written by...

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Sell Out Shows & Good Reviews for ‘All Growed Up’ Musical

Following the huge success of the musical adaptations of Northern Ireland writer Tony Macaulay’s internationally acclaimed memoirs Paperboy and Breadboy, British Youth Music Theatre (BYMT) produced a third hit new musical production of Tony’s follow up memoir ‘All Growed Up’. ‘All Growed Up tells the story of how a pair of dreamers start out on adult life together with faith and hope in their hearts.’ (Alan in Belfast) ‘Standing ovation for musical production of Tony Macaulay’s memoir ‘All...

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‘All Growed Up’ Completes Tony Macaulay’s Audiobook Collection

The release of Tony Macaulay’s third memoir, All Growed Up, narrated by the author, completes the Tony Macaulay audiobook collection. Click on the links to listen: Paperboy Audiobook narrated by the author. Breadboy Audiobook narrated by the author. All Growed Up, narrated by the author. Little House on the Peace Line Audiobook, narrated by the author. Released free for charity on Youtube. If you enjoy please make a donation to Tony’s friends in the slums of Kampala in Uganda. Belfast Gate Audiobook, narrated by the author. Kill the...

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‘Kill the Devil’ Book Launches in Rwanda, Uganda and the USA!

Kampala Book Launch Tony Macaulay & Juvens Nsabimana’s critically acclaimed novel, ‘Kill the Devil: A Love Story from Rwanda’ has been launched in the USA, Rwanda and Uganda. In June 2023 Tony was joined by Christophe Mbonyingabo, Director of CARSA (the reconciliation project in Rwanda that inspired the book) for book launches in New York City and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The pair were interviewed on US television. This was followed, importantly, by the book launch in Rwanda itself, in Kigali Public Library, hosted by Rwanda TV host...

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Launch of new edition of Tony Macaulay’s ‘Little House on the Peace Line’

This month Tony Macaulay launched a brand new edition of his critically acclaimed memoir, Little House on the Peace Line in the Hope Macaulay Studio in Northern Ireland. The author of Paperboy, Breadboy, All Growed Up and Belfast Gate, said, ‘Of all my books this is the one that speaks most clearly on my hopes for Northern Ireland. With our continued failure to achieve political stability and reconciliation, as we approach the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, I felt the time was right for a new edit of the original...

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Tony Macaulay launches ‘Belfast Gate’ in the USA

Tony Macaulay at the Belfast Peace Wall in 2019 ‘Northern Ireland author and Milwaukee favorite, Tony Macaulay, author of Paperboy and Breadboy, is returning for the American debut of his latest novel, Belfast Gate.’ Milwaukee Irish Fest Hot on the heels of the hit musical adaption of his memoir ‘Breadboy’ in the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, this week, Belfast author Tony Macaulay returns to Milwaukee Irish Fest for the USA launch of his debut novel ‘Belfast Gate’. Tony says: “The original plan was to launch the book at Irish Fest in 2020, so...

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