Behind the Screen

Tahkon Talviteatteri presents the comedy *Ruudun takaa* during the 2026–2027 season. Performances take place in the Maisemasali at Break Sokos Hotel Tahko from 13 November 2026 to 12 March 2027.

*Ruudun takaa* is a breathlessly fast-paced, cheerfully irreverent and remarkably topical comedy about Finnish reality TV, everyday life and relationships colliding, resulting in a firework-paced parody of today’s television world. Maija and Matti are relaxing on their sofa, trying to spend an ordinary evening at home—but any sense of normality quickly disappears when one absurd reality-TV format after another floods the screen. The audience is taken through the programming of an entire fictional TV channel: from romantic dating shows to food analytics, extreme travel and retreats, all the way to quintessentially Finnish survival stories. Every encounter, new show and expert is a delicious caricature of what happens when the logic of entertainment meets the Finnish mentality.

The play asks, with gentle but incisive wit: What happens when television no longer just entertains—but changes everyday life? In the end, the reality of Maija and Matti’s home collides so forcefully with the television world that the boundary between shows and life begins to dissolve—recognisably, warmly and completely outrageously.

The production is by Siilinjärven Teatteri. The play was written by Maija Rissanen and Mikko Laitinen. It is directed by theatre director and Master of Theatre Arts (TeM) Sanna Saarela.

**Tickets and theatre packages**

Theatre tickets cost €29 per person. Buy tickets through Lippu.fi or reserve by email at lipunmyynti@siilinjarventeatteri.fi or by phone at 046 921 9378. Restaurant services are available in the Maisemasali, and Ravintola Hillside and Hophaus Tahko also operate in the same building.

**Theatre packages and groups**

Theatre and pre-Christmas buffet: €78 per person. Reservations: sales.peeassa@sok.fi. Ask about theatre, hotel and buffet packages, interval refreshments or other meals.

For individual hotel reservations, the best prices are available online at www.sokoshotels.fi.