The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative

Protégée Selina Cartmell in the stalls of Dublin's Gate Theatre, watching a rehearsal of her production of Festen.

Selina Cartmell, protégée, and her mentor, Julie Taymor, during a public interview at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin.

During the rehearsal of her production of Festen, protégée Selina Cartmell checks the dining table setting – a central element around which the family drama unfolds – against her notebook.

Rehearsing Festen, directed in Dublin by Selina Cartmell (from left): Barry Cassin, Ronan Leahy, Simone Kirby, Owen Roe, Barbara Brennan, Mark Lambert, Cathy Belton, Emily Bradley, Rory Keenan, Mark O’Regan.

Selina Cartmell observes actors in rehearsal for Festen (from left): Cathy Belton, Rory Keenan, Patrick Joseph Byrnes, Ronan Leahy.

Protégée Selina Cartmell early in the mentoring year.

At the Gate Theatre: Selina Cartmell on the stage for her production of Festen with her mentor, Julie Taymor.