Martha and Eve

Martha Lewis and Eve Polycarpou were also known as donna & kbb the award winning British-born Greek-Cypriot music and comedy duo.

Background

Martha Lewis

Martha Lewis was born in Archway, London. Her composing career began on guitar and voice at the age of 8. In her early MusicAL career she fronted her first semi-pro R'n'B covers band at 14 and went on to complete a Performing Arts degree BA (Hons) where she majored in music. Over the next 5 years, Martha developed a career both as a recording and live session musician and vocalist in London.

Martha's route then unexpectedly changed in 1987 through the creation with Eve Polycarpou of the much acclaimed award-winning comedy and music duo Donna & Kebab. The duo rapidly went on to accumulate TV, radio and theatre credits and in 1993, renamed donna & kbb, focused their attention on their songwriting partnership.

Martha has been a featured vocalist on sound track albums and club singles. Writes and performs on radio adverts and has written music for TV documentaries and short films.

Eve Polycarpou

Eve Polycarpou was born in Brighton. She is an Actress, singer, songwriter, composer, guitarist, voice over artist, script writer, presenter and teacher. She met Martha Lewis in 1997 and together began their comedy and music duo.

The duo, have since recorded 2 albums, a club single, and have toured Europe and the Middle East. with recordings which chart their hugely popular acoustic 'Mediterranean-soul' style.

Change of direction

The change of name from donna & kebab to donna & kbb marked the change of direction in their partnership; and eventually changing their name to martha and eve which phased out being known as donna & kbb. The change of direction was to focus their attention their music and songwriting partnership. They have made many recordings including their hugely popular debut ppalbum]], donna & kbb are martha and eve (1996). They have also established a reputation for exceptional live performances in London, UK, Europe and the Middle East. They have also written music for TV & Film.

Discography

Filmography

• Donna And Kebab - Live At The Hackney Empire Theatre