Behind the Screen

Tahkon Talviteatteri presents the comedy *Ruudun takaa* during the 2026–2027 season. Performances will be held 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-like parody of today’s television world. Maija and Matti are relaxing on their sofa and trying to spend an ordinary evening at home—but ordinary life quickly disappears when a stream of increasingly absurd reality-show formats floods the screen. The audience is taken through the programming of an entire fictional TV channel: from romantic dating shows and food analysis to extreme travel, retreats and 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 sharp insight: 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 world of television that the boundary between performances and life begins to melt away—recognizably, 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:** €29 per person. Buy tickets from Lippu.fi or make a reservation by emailing lipunmyynti@siilinjarventeatteri.fi or calling 046 921 9378. Restaurant services are available in Maisemasali, and the same building also houses, 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. For individual hotel bookings, the best rates are available online at www.sokoshotels.fi.