Julie Taymor
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Director Julie Taymor tells how her new film depicts women’s rights pioneer Gloria Steinem, minus the stereotypes
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The debate Should our theatres do more to challenge audiences?
Matt Trueman and Mark ShentonSarah Kane’s ultra-violent Cleansed left them reeling in the stalls at the National Theatre last week. Was that a rare exception on an otherwise tame British stage?
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After a painful failure with Spider-Man, Taymor has bounced back with stage and now film versions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Here she talks about why there are still few female directors, and why she won’t do Hamlet
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Tony award-winning director to open new off-Broadway theatre with 'visceral' version of Shakespeare's play
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Sacked director and co-author wants more than $1m in compensation for work on Broadway's blockbuster musical
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Christopher Shinn: She has been forced to step down as director, but in Spider-Man Julie Taymor created a brilliant critique of US grandiosity
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Cost overruns, technical hang-ups, accidents and bad reviews have allegedly seen Julie Taymor asked to leave the production
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Michael Billington: The plot is thin, the musical numbers bland – but Julie Taymor's production remains kaleidoscopically brilliant
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Christmas With Gordon | Victoria Wood With All the Trimmings | Panorama: Supermarkets | Close Up With Sir Peter Hall and Julie Taymor | Ugly Betty | Little Crackers
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Director's second Shakespeare reimagining will feature Ben Whishaw as Ariel and Helen Mirren as a female Prospero
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Reel history: There's a lot of painting by numbers in Julie Taymor's 2002 biopic of the radical Mexican Frida Kahlo, starring Salma Hayek. But when the facts are this colourful, why take artistic licence?
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Julie Taymor has changed the gender of the central character to accommodate the British actress in her latest Shakespeare adaptation
How we made Julie Taymor: how we made The Lion King musical