Note: No longer in repertoire!

Already almost 10,000 viewers!

Viewer comments:
“I laughed with tears in my eyes”
The best and funniest thing I’ve seen in the theater”
“It took a third viewing”

The talented Timo Ruuskanen and Tuukka Vasama jump from one role to another and go through Kari Hotakainen’s Finlandia Prize-winning novel in two hours. The performance is crowned by live music from Neil Young to U2 and Johnny Cash.

“The audience laughs from start to finish” – Satakunnan kansa, Pertti Pitkonen
“Compact Entertainment Package” -Aamulehti, Olli Helen
“What a skillful job.” -HS, Lauri Meri
“Hooray – the performance is great!” -Tuula Viitaniemi, Yle’s Penkkitaiteilija blog

The story begins when Matti Virtanen has lost his family.
A man who has excelled on the home front – in cooking and childcare – falls into nothing. Matti realizes that by buying a house, he could get his wife to reverse the decision to divorce. The jogging trails in the suburbs lead him to the middle of the idyll of front-line soldiers’ houses…

Red Nose Company is a Helsinki-based theatre group that has quickly become one of the most sought-after touring theatres in Finland. The performances of the actor duo Timo Ruuskanen and Tuukka Vasama have already attracted more than 15,000 spectators around the country over the past three years. Director Otso Kautto is the founder of the internationally acclaimed Teatteri Quo Vadis group, whose directing has been seen in e.g. at the National Theatre and the Lahti City Theatre.

Premiere at Teatteri Open Doors, Helsinki 24.1.2014.
Touring around Finland in 2014-2016, more than 70 performances.
Re-premiere on the Arena stage on 1.11.2017.