About Eve Polycarpou
Theatre work includes:
Pandora in Pandora’s Box at Theatro Technis, Camden; Mrs Kipfer in Tim Rice and Stuart Brayson’s From Here To Eternity at Charing Cross Theatre; Drosoulla plus representing ‘the voice of Kefalonia’ in Captain Corelli’s Mandolin at the Harold Pinter Theatre following a UK tour; Abuela/Yaya in Strictly Ballroom (Piccadilly Theatre West End, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto);Yiayia Agape in Sunset at Villa Thalia for The National Theatre; Abuela Claudia in In the Heights at Southwark Playhouse and King’s Cross Theatre (Offie nomination for best supporting actress); the title role in The Manchester Library Theatre’s production of Brecht’s Mother Courage and her Children; Nerhjas in Judith Thompson’s award-winning Palace of the End (Amnesty International Award Winner for best play plus an M.E.N. Best Actress nomination for her role) and Agave in The Bacchae, both at Royal Exchange Manchester; Chanson Performer in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well at Charing Cross Theatre; Mamma Pax in Lisa’s Sex Strike for Northern Broadsides; Mee Wan in Sleeping Beauty at Theatre Royal Stratford East and Singer in Hecuba at the Donmar Warehouse.
When known as Eve Adam, roles at the National Theatre included Jenny Diver in 3d Opera; Edie and Scotty in American Clock; Helen Schwartz in Tales from Hollywood and Singer/performer in Brecht & Eisler’s Sung and Unsung; plus her introduction as a chanson singer in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.
Other roles at that time included Hallelujah Lil in Happy End for The Bubble Theatre and one of her favourite roles (her first ever) was ‘Day by Day’ singer in Godspell at the Haymarket Theatre, Leicester.
Film, TV and Radio includes: Silent Witness, Loyal, In Absentia, Mamma Wants to Go Home, Holby City, I Hate Suzie, Mama Mia 2, The Nets, Inspector Morse, The Brief, Red Eagle, The Fourth Arm, Jonathan Creek and Squadron.
Eve is also one half of the award-winning singer/songwriter partnership Martha and Eve, a.k.a. comedy music duo Donna & Kebab. Their latest self-penned show Donna & Kebab Are Martha and Eve- A Celebration was previewed to a sell-out audience at Theatro Technis Camden followed by a run at Gilded Balloon for The Edinburgh Festival – 2023
Full length show on its way !!!
‘Martha and Eve’ have performed both nationally and internationally in Cyprus, Syria, Switzerland, Germany, Greece and London’s Royal Festival Hall and Purcell Rooms, Bloomsbury Theatre and Hackney Empire as well as residencies at the Vortex, Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street and various theatres and festivals throughout the UK including Leicester, Birmingham, Brighton, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Llandudno in Wales.
Eve is a singer songwriter in her own right performing in various venues throughout UK, with another of her longstanding collaborators, pianist Stephen D.Fletcher, including sellout performances at London’s Crazy Coqs Zédel and Komedia Brighton.
She is about to release her long awaited first solo album of original material later this year with Steve and other musicians and singers including Martha D Lewis and bassist Davide Giovannini who have also produced and arranged some of the tracks.
‘Not In A Million Years’ is an album of life stories in song combining her folk rock bluesy med vocals and Accoustic guitar with the voices and musicianship of some of her long-standing and hugely talented great friends..
Eve is a patron of the Leukaemia cancer society and has created many shows and a single recorded with Martha to raise awareness and funds for this vital charity close to their hearts..
Her other charity work consists of taking her ‘hour of song’ into sheltered and residential accommodation with other singer friends to encourage elderly and other residents with dementia to keep their voices alive …
Awards
- Off West End Awards (“The Offies”) – 2016
- Nominated for Best Actress for her performance as Abuela Claudia in In the Heights at Southwark Playhouse .
- Manchester Evening News (MEN) Awards – Mid 2000s
- Nominated for Best Actress for her roles as Nehrjas in Palace of the End
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M.E.N. Theatre Awards – Best Actress Nominee
Specifically recognised for Nehrjas in Palace of the End at the Royal Exchange Theatre .
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Finalist – 2020 Music Video Award
Nominated for Best Use of Music for her appearance in McDonald’s: The Gift (2019) .