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 breathtakingly 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 programming. Maija and Matti are relaxing on their sofa and trying to spend an ordinary evening at home—but ordinary life quickly disappears when a succession of increasingly absurd reality formats floods the screen. The audience is taken through the programming of an entire fictional TV channel: from romantic dating shows and food analytics to extreme travel, retreats and quintessentially Finnish survival stories. Every encounter, new series and expert is a delicious caricature of what happens when the logic of entertainment meets the Finnish mindset.

The play asks, with gentle but pointed wit: What happens when television no longer just entertains, but changes everyday life? Eventually, the reality of Maija and Matti’s home collides so forcefully with the world of television that the boundary between performance and life begins to melt away—in a way that is at once recognisable, warm and utterly outrageous.

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 reserve by emailing lipunmyynti@siilinjarventeatteri.fi or calling 046 921 9378. Restaurant services are available in Maisemasali; Restaurant 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 also about theatre, hotel and buffet packages, interval refreshments or other dining options. For individual hotel reservations, the lowest prices are available online at www.sokoshotels.fi.