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1963: Aegisthus in Giradoux's Electra, Brondesbury and Kilburn High School for Girls, London.
1966?: Madame in Genet's The Maids, Homerton DramSco at ADC Theatre
Cambridge, with Vena Jackson and Jan Harvey.
1966: St John's College, Cambridge revue Under Plain Cover with Pete
Atkin (MD), Barry Brown, Mike Hodges, Alan Sizer.
1967: (March) Pembroke College, Cambridge smoker with Pete Atkin, Clive James.
1967: (June) Footlights May Week revue Supernatural Gas (dir. Clive
James), Cambridge Arts Theatre and Oxford Playhouse.
1967: Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the Lauriston Hall: The Complete Works
(Footlights) opened 21 August; Mandy Dowland
in Kerry Crabbe's Someone is Squeaking (Cambridge University Theatre Company) opened 28 August.
1967: (opened 16 October) Someone is Squeaking (Cambridge University Theatre Company) at Cambridge
Arts Theatre.
1967: (opened 18 October) The Complete Works (Footlights) at Cambridge Arts Theatre.
1968: (opened 3 June) Footlights May Week revue Turns Of The Century,
director Kerry Crabbe, Cambridge Arts
Theatre.
1968: (August) Turn It On, Footlights revue, Robin Hood Theatre,
Averham, Notts., broadcast 3 September on BBC-2.
1968: (August) Lauriston Hall, Edinburgh: Footlights Songbook, Revue Fly
by Night, and Jenny Smith in Keith Hack's
CUTC production of Brecht and Weill's Mahagonny, earning
Julie the first Fringe Best Actress award.
1968: Brecht and Weill again, Happy End, directed by Keith Hack for
Trinity Hall's Preston Society at the ADC.
1968: (December) Oxford and
Cambridge Shakespeare Co.'s North American tour:
Peaseblossom in A Midsummer Night's
Dream directed by Richard Cottrell; Revue Company
member in Strictly For Kicks directed by Clive James.
1969: Hampstead Theatre Club -- cabaret with Pete Atkin.
1969: Pickwick Club -- deputised for Jon Hendricks of Lambert, Hendricks
and Ross.
1971: Godspell, opened 17 November at Roundhouse, transferred 26 January
1972 to Wyndham's. 
1973: (opened 15 March) Marie Garga in In The Jungle Of Cities,
Brecht/Weill, dir. Keith Hack at The
Place Theatre, Euston.
1973: (opened 19 June) Created Janet in Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show,
Royal Court's Theatre Upstairs.
1973: (opened 9 August) Charmian in Antony and Cleopatra at Bankside Globe Playhouse, directed by Tony Richardson.
1973: Arabella in Odd Girl Out by Ronald Miller, dir. Vivian Matalon.
Opened 10 Sept Playhouse, Harlow, 17 Sept Wimbledon.
1973: (opened 22 November) Snoo Wilson's The Pleasure Principle, dir.
David Hare, Theatre Upstairs, Royal Court Theatre.
1974: (opened 5 March) Sang Iris, Spirit of the Rainbow, in The Tempest,
Peter Hall's first production for the National
Theatre.
1976: (opened 14 July) Janice in Howard Brenton's play Weapons of Happiness,
director David Hare at the Lyttelton, NT.
1976: (opened 21 September) Dotty in Tom Stoppard's Jumpers, directed by
Peter Wood at the Lyttelton, National
Theatre.
1978: Varya in Peter Gill's production of The Cherry Orchard at the
Riverside Studios, Hammersmith.
1978: (opened 12 April) Alice Park to Kate Nelligan's Susan Traherne in David Hare's Plenty
at the Lyttelton, NT.
1978: (opened 22 August) English National Opera: Anna I in Brecht and Weill's The
Seven Deadly Sins at the Coliseum
1979: (opened 29 March) Edward, Clive's (Antony Sher) son, also Betty, in Cloud
Nine by Caryl Churchill, directed by Max
Stafford-Clark, music Andy Roberts, Joint Stock at Royal Court.
1979/81?: Kite Show, Cambridge Guildhall, with Pete Atkin, Clive James,
Terry Jones, Michael Palin.
1980: An Optimistic Thrust, Joint Stock at the Young Vic and Royal Court.
1980: (opened 19 June) Shelly in Sam Shepard's Buried Child, directed by
Nancy Meckler at Hampstead Theatre Club.
(dates?): Joint Stock tours of UK and Ireland.
1981: Shaw's Saint Joan
opened 10 Feb at Arts, Cambridge and subsequent tour (Nancy Meckler for Cambridge Theatre Co.)
1981: ( 23, 26 October) Touch And Go staged reading at Riverside
1982: (opened 9 March) Sarah in Guys and Dolls -- Richard Eyre's National
Production at the Olivier, now revived, though
without Julie. But her original 1982 National cast recording has
been re-released on EMI's MFP label: CDMFP 5978
1983: (opened 23 March) Mrs Bradshaw, lead in Howard Barker's Victory,
directed by Danny Boyle at Royal Court Theatre.
1984: (opened 3 February) Vivienne Eliot in Michael Hastings' Tom and Viv
with Tom Wilkinson (later with Edward
Herrmann), directed by Max Stafford-Clark at the Royal
Court Theatre (Julie nominated for Olivier Best Actress).
1984: (opened 28 August) Helen in Fall by James Saunders, directed by
Robin LeFevre, Hampstead Theatre Club.
1985: (opened January 30) Tom and Viv transfers to Joe Papp's Public Theatre,
New York City.
1985: Tom and Viv re-opened 22 March at Royal Court Theatre.
1985: (Production didn't open with Julie Covington) Rosmersholm
at Arts Theatre, Cambridge
1985-87?: Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh.
1987: Blanche in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, National at the Aldwych Theatre.
1988: Passing By, Old
Red Lion, Islington.
1988: (opened December 13) Carol in Orpheus Descending by Tennessee
Williams, Peter Hall at Theatre Royal
Haymarket.
1967: (August-October season) David Frost Show (TV): Sang Duet
with Pete Atkin.
1968: Pilot episode for BBC TV series Twice a Fortnight with Michael Palin and Terry
Jones, directed by Tony Palmer.
1969: Granada TV revue series Psst! with Richard Stilgoe, Kenny Lynch
1970-71: The LWT shows: The Party's Moving On; What Are You
Doing After The Show?
1973-75: Presenter and storyteller on BBC TV's Jackanory
('The Borrowers'), and Play Away
1975: Christmas Day - The Great Big Groovy Horse
BBC2
" by Simone Bloom, music by Jonathan
Cohen, produced by Paul Ciani.
A rock-musical
romp through the legend of the Wooden Horse of Troy"
1974: (never shown as censored!) Censored Scenes from King Kong, by
Howard Schuman Granada TV.
1975: Viewpoint
- singing 'Images of Women' . Thames TV production for ITV
Schools. Clip available at ITV
Schools Website
1976: Dee (Devonia Rhoades) in Howard Schuman and Andy Mackay's Rock Follies,
Thames TV, prod. Verity Lambert
(Julie nominated for BAFTA Best Actress award). Both series in
detail at the Rock Follies
Website.
1976-79 BBC-1 Omnibus: Bertolt Brecht.
1977: Buzz in Anxious Anne by Howard Schuman Granada TV.
1977: Rock Follies of '77, Thames TV follow-up series. Hit single OK?
/ B.Side.
1977: (15 May) Buzz in Howard Schuman's Anxious Anne, Granada TV
1977:
The Mermaid Frolics, Amnesty International Gala Benefit concert. BBC TV
1978: (January) Dixie O'Keefe in David Mercer's Flint, director Peter
Wood, BBC TV drama with John Le Mesurier
1979: (broadcast 4 February) Beatrice in Harley Granville-Barker's The Voysey
Inheritance with Jeremy Irons, BBC1
1980: (title?) BBC TV programme of Beatles songs, with Leo Sayer and others.
1982: (broadcast 12 February) Guy Meredith's A Shilling Life with Eric
Porter, dir. Michael Heffernan, BBC2
1982: (7 March) LWT South Bank Show featuring Guys and Dolls
rehearsal and onstage footage
(date) Presented Signals Part of the Soviet Spring Series,
The Secret Life of the KGB. Ch.4 (UK)
1986: Sang Remember Why We Fell In Love, Rice/Lloyd Webber theme song
for Thames TV sitcom Executive Stress.
1989:
White Man Sleeps / Wyoming, voiceover on Ch.4 (UK) dance feature with
Siobhan Davies, prod/dir. Terry Braun.
1990: : Made in Heaven, Granada TV.
1992: The Healer (G F Newman, BBC1 drama).
1992:The
Jonathan Ross Show - Ch 4. Little Ladies
Reunion
1994: Song for the TV film Ghosts, story adapted by Terry Johnson for BBC 'Screen 2'
series.
1995:
Christine in A Dolls House. BBC Open University
workshop production. Directed by Tony Coe. 
1999: Mystery Guest in Never Mind the Buzcocks
BBC2
2000: (28th Oct)"Top Ten of 1977" presented by
Phil Jupitus Ch.4 (UK)
1972: Blanche in Barry Humphries' Australian movie The Adventures of Barry McKenzie.
1979:
Short film made by The National Film School .Tigers Are Better Looking
shown at the 1979 London Film Festival
1982: Edward Bennett's film Ascendancy, Golden Bear Award, Berlin 1983.
(date?): Guest on Kenneth Williams' Cabaret,
BBC Radio 2.
1978: Guest on (BBC) Radio 1 Round Table, withPaul Gambaccini and John
Peel.
1979: (broadcast 21 January) Nichola Davies in Stephen Poliakoff's City Sugar
with John Shrapnel, BBC Radio 3.
1981:(broadcast 4th Jan) Landscape Of
Exile Based on the life of Friedrich Engels
With John Phillips, John Rowe
and Hilda Kriseman. Produced by Liane Aukin
BBC Radio 3.
1982: Russell Davies' When Housewives had the Choice?, BBC Radio 2 with
Russell Davies, prod. Jonathan James-Moore
1988: (broadcast 11th Oct) Emmy Hennings in Dada
and Co, by Derek Lister, BBC Radio 3
1994: But Seriously Folks, BBC Radio 2, a two-part study of the protest
song (with Mel Hill).
1967: While The Music Lasts, privately-pressed album with
Pete Atkin -- songs by Pete Atkin and Clive James.
1969: The Party's Moving On, another limited-edition (99 copies) album
of Atkin/James songs. With Pete Atkin
1970: The Way Things Ought To Be demo single on Columbia Records
1970: Singles The Magic Wasn't There, Tonight Your Love Is Over.
1969-71: Recorded her first solo album for EMI
Columbia (released 1971), The
Beautiful Changes -- more songs by Pete and Clive.
1972:Original Cast Recording Godspell.
1972: Hit single Day By Day from Godspell.
1973: Promo single Two Worlds Apart Warner Bros.
1973-74: Backing vocals on David Essex albums Rock On and David
Essex.
1975: BBC Records Play Away album Hey You! with Brian
Cant, Toni Arthur and others.
1976/77 for 1978 release: War of the Worlds -- Beth in Jeff Wayne's
album musical of H G Wells' classic story.
1976: Rock Follies singles Glenn Miller Is Missing / Talking
Pictures and Sugar Mountain / War Brides.
1976: Evita -- the original concept album of the musical by Tim Rice and
Andrew Lloyd Webber.
1976/77, re-entry 1978: Don't Cry For Me Argentina, the No.1 hit single from Evita.
1977: Rock Follies single OK? / B.Side.
1977: Hit single Only Women Bleed.
1977: The Albion Band album The Prospect Before Us. (For Albion
out-takes see Ashley Hutchings' The
Guv'nor series.)
1977: The Mermaid Frolics album Gala Benefit concert with
Pete Atkin and the Bowles Brothers Band.
1978: Julie Covington album on Virgin, prod. Joe Boyd / John Wood. Single (I
Want To See The) Bright Lights [Tonight]
(several sources list this in error as Julie's first solo album,
but that was EMI's The Beautiful Changes, see 1969-71).
1978: Backing vocals on Richard & Linda Thompson album First Light.
1978: Backing vocals on Kate and Anna McGarrigle album, believed to be Pronto
Monto.
1978: Recorded with Ashley Hutchings' The Albion Band for Rise Up Like The Sun.
1982: Vocal on BBC Records single Housewives' Choice (In the Party Mood).
1982: Guys and Dolls National cast recording (re-released on
EMI's
MFP label: CDMFP 5978)
1989?: Australian CD release of the Virgin 1978 album Julie Covington on Axis Records
CDVAX 701611.
1999: (March 15) CD issue of The Beautiful Changes ...Plus, See For Miles SEECD
687. Booklet Note by Pete Atkin.
2000: CD issue of Julie Covington Plus... See For Miles SEECD
718
2000: (May 29th) CD issues of Rock Follies and Rock
Follies of 77 Virgin
Record
Benefits
1977: The Mermaid Frolics, Amnesty International Gala Benefit concert with Pete Atkin and the Bowles Brothers Band.1968: Fringe Best Actress award.for her portrayal of Jenny Smith in Keith Hack's CUTC production of Brecht and Weill's Mahagonny at the Edingburgh Fringe Festival.
1976: Rock Follies - Nominated for BAFTA
Best Actress award
1976: 'Most Promising New Actress' Plays and Players London Theatre Critics' awards.
1977: (October 18) The first ever Britannia Awards (later Brit Awards):
'Most outstanding new British recording artist (female)'.
1977: TV Times award: 'Most exciting female singer on TV'.
1977: NME Poll: Top Female Singer.
1977: Capital Radio Music Awards: Best Female Singer.
1984: The Laurence Olivier Awards - Nominated for Best Actress in a new play for Tom & Viv
1977: Daily Mail - Friday June 10
1977 "Folly of being a star - by rock girl Julie" - Thomson Prentice
1978: Good Housekeeping - July 1978 "Why
Julie Covington is Something Else" - Maureen Green
1978: NME - "The Julie Covington Tea Party"
- Bob Woffinden
1985: The Observer - "Don't Cry For Me" - Peter Buckley 