Eve Polycarpou

Born in Brighton to Greek Cypriot parents, Eve Polycarpou is a British stage actress, singer and songwriter with a memorable expression of her multitalented versatility, such as from Bertolt Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera" in the role of Jenny at the National Theatre of Great Britain in 1986 (with Tim Curry as Macheath) to Stuart Brayson's, Tim Rice's and Bill Oakes' "From Here to Eternity" (based on James Jones' novel) as Mrs Kipfer at the Charing Cross Theatre in 2022 and from "Hecuba" at the Donmar Warehouse in 2004 (in a new version of Euripides' tragedy by Frank McGuinness with Clare Higgins in the title role, Tim Pigott-Smith as Agamemnon, Alfred Burke as Talthybius, Susan Engel as Chorus, Kate Fleetwood as Polyxena, Finbar Lynch as Polymestor and Eddie Redmayne as Polydorus) to her staggering interpretation of the title role in Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage and Her Children" at The Lowry in Salford in 2013. Among others, her notable stage work in prolific plays also includes an acclaimed production of Alexi Kaye Campbell's "Sunset at the Villa Thalia" premiered in London at the National Theatre in May 2016, directed by Simon Godwin together with Ben Miles, Elizabeth McGovern, Sam Crane, Pippa Nixon, Christos Callow and Glykeria Dimou in the brilliant cast.