This was the UK premiere of Stephen Sewell's award-winning play. Set in a New York university, it explored the notions of democracy and freedom of speech in a post 9/11 world, where a climate of fear has become increasingly powerful.
photo by Robert Day
Julia played Marguerite, whose politics and ideals clashed with the reality into which her professor found himself descending, as he became persecuted by the unknown Man.
Michael Billington of the Guardian wrote: 'Jonathan Guy Lewis as the beleaguered hero, Amanda Royle as his screenwriter wife and Julia Sandiford as a Chomsky-esque student are all first rate and, like it or not, the play sends you out into the night passionately arguing.'

photo by Robert Day