Constantly Evolving with Eve

From creating PDF guides and posting online fitness tutorials, business owner Grace Beverley details the lessons she’s learnt to develop her businesses.

Sitting down with Eve, Grace reminisces on the business mistakes she made in the early days, but how those moments shaped her character and business acumen.

Now with her successful companies - fitness brand Shreddy and sustainable fashion line TALA - Grace explains how she stays true to her ethos and beliefs whilst also building up her brands.

Producer: Candace Wilson

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Broadway and West End star Marisha Wallace sits down with Eve to explain the sacrifices she made in developing her career.

From working as a nanny to starring in stage shows including The Book of Mormon and Dreamgirls, Marisha describes the mindset she knew she needed to have to perform in front of huge audiences every night.

With the theatre industry financially devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic, her work to raise money through her charity single helped to unite theatre workers together across the UK. Marisha shares her hopes for the arts sector and what she’s learnt about herself during this chapter.

Producer: Candace Wilson

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The BAFTA award winning comedian Mo Gilligan sits down with Eve to discuss how staying focused on his goals has led to his career progression.

Whilst working in retail, Mo uploaded comedy skits to social media. Very soon he found himself gaining huge popularity and success, leading to working in comedy and entertainment full time. His iconic characters which he created, including ‘The Geezer’, brought fans around the world, and Mo talks about how his comedy has been welcomed worldwide.

2020 saw Covid-19 disrupt his touring plans, and with 2021 around the corner, Mo shares with Eve his hopes for the new year and what else is on his bucket list to tick off.

Producer: Candace Wilson

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Fashion designer Henry Holland joins Eve to provide insight into the life lessons he’s learnt during 2020.

With the closing and restructuring of his fashion label; House of Holland, during the pandemic, the designer reflects on his time building up his business and how essential rest has been for his creativity.

With his statement t-shirts adorned with slogans including “I’ll tell you who’s boss, Kate Moss” and “Get Yer Freak On Giles Deacon”, Holland’s profile skyrocketed within a matter of months. After nearly 15 years working on the label though, he reveals how he’s now using his time and whether he has any regrets from his career.

Producer: Candace Wilson

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Long-time friend, music producer and rapper Swizz Beatz joins Eve where he talks about the conscious decisions he made, to make changes to his life. With over 20 years working in the music industry, Swizz details the moment when he decided to take a hiatus from producing music.

With Covid-19 affecting the lives of so many, Swizz Beatz and fellow producer Timbaland provided a much-needed distraction and entertained the world in creating their Verzuz series. This music battle, which pitted two artists against each other to highlight their back catalogue, gained prominence during lockdown. Swizz explains though that the idea didn't come to him during the pandemic and rather it was something he had been thinking of for over a decade!

Producer: Candace Wilson

A Don’t Skip production for BBC Sounds