Eve Polycarpou – Singer Songwriter, Actress, Composer, Performer, Producer.

🎭 THEATRE

• From Here to Eternity – Mrs Kipfer, Charing Cross Theatre, Nov–Dec 2022 ( revival) 

• Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Drosoula, Harold Pinter Theatre (West End), Summer 2019; preceded by UK tour in Leicester & elsewhere 

• Strictly Ballroom – Abuela, Original West End production (Piccadilly Theatre), 2018 

• Sunset at the Villa Thalia – Agape, National Theatre’s Dorfman (NT), 2016 

• In the Heights – Abuela Claudia, Southwark Playhouse (2014) & King’s Cross Theatre transfer (2015–16) 

• Jacques Brel is Alive and Well… – Featured performer, Charing Cross Theatre, 2014 

• Mother Courage and Her Children – Mother Courage, The Lowry (Salford), 2013 

• Hecuba – Cast member, Donmar Warehouse, 2004 

• The Threepenny Opera – Jenny, National Theatre (Olivier), 1986 

📺  TELEVISION & FILM

• Roles in: Silent Witness, Loyal, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Holby City, I Hate Suzie, Inspector Morse, Jonathan Creek, among others 

🎶  MUSIC & PERFORMANCE

• Half of acclaimed duo “Donna & Kebab” / “Martha & Eve” with Martha D. Lewis from the late 1980s to present.

  • First TV appearance: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 1987 

  • Five albums including Donna and Kbb are Martha and Eve (1996), Je t’aime single, and live DVD 

  • 35th-anniversary show at Edinburgh Fringe 2023 

• Composer/songwriter known for blending Mediterranean influences with contemporary and cabaret styles 

🎓  TRAINING & HERITAGE

• British‑Cypriot artist with roots in Cyprus and the UK

• Formal theatrical training; began professional stage work in the early 1980s 

🏆  NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

• Widely praised for In the Heights, Strictly Ballroom, and Captain Corelli’s Mandolin in the West End

• Recognised alongside Martha D. Lewis as leading voices in UK world music, performance, and cabaret