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 fast-paced, cheerfully irreverent and strikingly topical comedy about Finnish reality TV, everyday life and relationships colliding, creating a fireworks-paced parody of today’s television landscape. Maija and Matti are relaxing on their sofa and trying to spend an ordinary evening at home—but ordinary life soon disappears as one increasingly absurd reality-TV format after another floods the screen. The audience is taken through the entire lineup of an imaginary TV channel: from romantic dating shows to food analytics, extreme travel and retreats, and 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 mindset.

The play asks, with gentle incisiveness: What happens when television no longer merely entertains, but changes everyday life? In the end, the reality of Maija and Matti’s home collides with the world of television so forcefully that the boundary between performances and life begins to melt away—recognisably, warmly and utterly absurdly.

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 from Lippu.fi or make a reservation at lipunmyynti@siilinjarventeatteri.fi or by calling 046 921 9378. Restaurant services are available in the Maisemasali, and the same building is also home to, among others, Ravintola Hillside and Hophaus Tahko.

**Theatre packages and groups**

Theatre and pre-Christmas buffet: €78 per person. Reservations: sales.peeassa@sok.fi. Also ask about theatre, hotel and buffet packages, interval refreshments or other meals. Individual hotel reservations are most affordably booked online at www.sokoshotels.fi.