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Two floating eyes, heavily painted with gold eye shadow, cry tears of mascara.
Two floating eyes, heavily painted with gold eye shadow, cry tears of mascara.

Tammy Faye

Music by Elton John, Lyrics by Jake Shears, Book by James Graham, Directed by Rupert Goold

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14 Oct — 3 Dec 2022


“Praise the lord, it’s a religious riot”
Evening Standard


The Guardian, Time Out, Independent, Financial Times, The i, WhatsOnStage, The Sunday Times, The Mail on Sunday

“It’s time to bring America back to God”

From a studio in South Carolina, Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker revolutionised religion.

Preaching to millions 24 hours a day, Tammy just wants to put the fun back into faith.

But a new wave of ministers wants you not to just feel God in your heart, but in your homes, in your schools and in the law too.

Tammy Faye is a “divinely delirious glitz-bomb of a musical” (Financial Times) from legendary songwriter Elton John, Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears and award-winning writer James Graham (Ink, BBC’s Sherwood), featuring Olivier Award-winner Katie Brayben (Beautiful) as Tammy Faye and Tony Award-nominee Andrew Rannells (The Book of Mormon, Girls) as Jim.

Directed by Almeida Artistic Director Rupert Goold (Spring Awakening), this “spectacularly entertaining” (New York Times) true story, is a testament of faith, resilience and the temptations of success.

God bless Tammy Faye!

Tammy Faye is presented in association with Rocket Stage and Greene Light Stage.

This production is supported by the Ruddock Foundation for the Arts.

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Tammy Faye Curtain Call BTS-2038 - Credit Marc Brenner

Cast & Creatives

Creatives

Music Elton John
Lyrics Jake Shears
Book James Graham
Director Rupert Goold
Choreographer Lynne Page
Designer Bunny Christie
Costume Designer Katrina Lindsay
Lighting Designer Neil Austin
Sound Designer Bobby Aitken
Video Designer Finn Ross
Music Supervisor, Arrangements and Additional Music Tom Deering
Orchestrations Tom Deering and Mark Dickman
Musical Director Alex Beetschen
Orchestral Manager Justin Pearson
Orchestral Consultant David Gallagher
Casting Directors Pippa Ailion CDG and Natalie Gallacher CDG
Prop Supervisor Lily Mollgaard
Costume Supervisor Karen Large
Wigs, Hair & Makeup Supervisor Suzanne Scotcher
Dialect Coach Brett Tyne
Associate Director Sara Aniqah Malik
Associate Choreographer Tom Herron
Design Associate Verity Sadler
Sound Associate Sam Vincent
Video Associate Henrique Ghersi
Music Associate Duncan Walsh Atkins
Associate Casting Director Richard Johnston

Cast

Kelly Agbowu
Amy Booth-Steel
Katie Bradley
Katie Brayben
Colin Burnicle
Ashley Campbell
Peter Caulfield
Danny Collins
Richard Dempsey
Fred Haig
Michael Kent
Georgia Louise
Andrew Rannells
Robyn Rose
Nicholas Rowe
Martin Sarreal
Steve John Shepherd
Gemma Sutton
Zubin Varla

Band

Alex Beetschen
Clive Dunstall
Mark Aspinall
Justin Morris
Danny Short
Nic Breakspear
James Gambold

This production is supported by the Ruddock Foundation for the Arts.

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