This Album Changed My Life: Bob Dylan – Desire (1976)
Scarlet Rivera’s violin on the album informed Mick Flannery’s approach to music
International Women’s Day: 11 of the best events around Ireland
Events big and offbeat call for gender balance and celebrate achievements
Asking For It and The Kite Runner: This week’s theatre highlights
An Irish rape case exposes a culture of victim-blaming in the stage adaptation of Louise O’Neill’s novel; repressed desires drive a boy’s own story from Kabul to San Francisco
‘Not a Funny Word’ and ‘Assassins’: this week’s best theatre
Tara Flynn’s splendid one-woman show and Stephen Sondheim’s roll-call of political killers
Snow closures: List of theatres, cinemas, museums and cancelled events
Many performances around the country called off and festivals are severely curtailed
Theatre highlights of the week
Some nicknames stick forever, just ask the stars of this week’s stage. Remember to wash your hands though
Muldoon’s Picnic: a variety show from a Pulitzer winner
‘It’s one of our most basic instincts; to listen to a song, listen to a poem – even in this era when people have their noses stuck in their tablets, it still works’, says the poet Paul Muldoon
First Encounters: Keith Hanley and Donie Carroll
‘I like Irish country music -- I wouldn’t be saying that to Keith, naturally’
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