On stage: Tommi Eronen, Isla Mustanoja, Tuuli Paju and Hanna Raiskinmäki
Playwright and director: Tuomo Rämö
The text is based on Stam1na’s Taival album and the lyrics written by Antti Hyyrynen
Set design: Aino Koski
Costume design: Joona Huotari-Andreou
Lighting design: Tomi Suovankoski
Sound design: Jani Rapo
Music: Antti Hyyrynen
Make up design: Leila Mäkynen
Dressmaker and set sewing: Fiona Timantti
Rights: Agency North
Technicians and English subtitling: Taavi Hasunen, Amos Munive, Ilja Myllyluoma, Laura Walden
Head of technicians: Nicke Von Weissenberg
Executive producer: Kaisa Karkkonen
Graphic design, illustrations, marketing and communications: Minna Kommeri
Artistic director: Susanna Airaksinen
Managing director: Lotta Vaulo
Ticket sales: Pauliina Saviranta
Sales: Mira Kupari
Facility and costume maintenance: Laura Ulmanen
Photos: Mitro Härkönen
Trailer: Taavi Hasunen
Lobby interior design: Vera Kotkaniemi, Sara Lindeblad
Set builders: Nicke Von Weissenberg, Jere Vartiainen, Daniel Olsson, Josef Mieto, Berat Sadiku, Alexa Tischenko, Robert Majorin, Samuel Lindeblad, Eetu Ignatius, Aapo Penttilä, Youssef Asad Alkhatib, Ronja Orasta Kuoppamäki, Elliot Fodstad, Tomi Salmela, Jouni Ulmanen, Aino Collin, Hiski Jatkola
Set sewing: Jenni Nykänen, Päivi Pursiainen
Lobby workers: Teija Asomäki, Amos Munive, Tiina Romppainen, Aino Sihvonen, Velma Tiusanen, Stella Tomasek, Veikko Tuomainen
Tommi Eronen
ActorTommi Eronen graduated from the Theater Academy, Helsinki with a master’s degree in acting. Tommi’s previous work with KOM-teatteri include The Scent of Roses and Elämän ensikertalaisia, which was a co-production of KOM and Theatre Jurkka. In addition to his stage roles, Tommi is known for dozens of TV and movie roles including, for example, the TV drama series Queen of Fucking Everything, Sekunnit and Hooked and the movie Bad Luck Love. Tommi has won the Golden Venla, Jussi and Shootings Stars Awards.
Tuuli Paju
ActressTuuli Paju, a permanent member of KOM-teatteri ensemble since 2024, is an actor and singer who graduated from the Theater Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki in 2023 with a master’s degree in acting. She has performed, for example, in the musicals Something Rotten! at the Lahti City Theater and Marssi seitsemään ihmeeseen 2023. In addition to her theater work, Tuuli is the lead singer of the heavy metal band IKINÄ, and her voice can also be heard in many audiobooks.
Isla Mustanoja
ActressIsla Mustanoja graduated from the Theater Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki in 2023 with a master’s degree in acting. As a new member of the KOM-teatteri ensemble, Isla starred in the leading role of Seven Fairy Tales of Shame in 2024. Isla is known for her roles in the theater and on camera. Isla’s acting credits include, for example, the movies Apple Thieves and Four Little Adults as well as the TV drama series Atlantis Pasila and Aikuiset. In her work as an actor, Isla values collaboration, danger and humour.
Hanna Raiskinmäki
ActressActress Hanna Raiskinmäki has graduated with a Master’s degree in Theatre Arts from the Theatre Academy. She has performed e.g. at Teatteri Takomo, Aurinkobaletti, Zodiak – Center for New Dance, Finnish National Theatre, and Helsinki City Theatre. In addition to her many theatre, TV and film roles, Hanna has done teaching and training work as well as several roles as a voice actress.
Tuomo Rämö
DirectorTuomo Rämö is a Helsinki-based director and playwright. He has worked as a visiting director at city theatres across Finland and previously served as the artistic director of Theatre Jurkka. His most recent works include Karjalainen juttu, which he wrote and directed at Lappeenranta City Theatre, and Onnekkaat, directed at Lahti City Theatre in 2025.
A Word from the Director
”The story was born when, a few years ago, I was walking through Central Park and listening to Stam1na’s album Taival. I was inspired by Antti Hyyrynen’s lyrics dealing with letting go and death. Losing someone close is a familiar theme for me as well. Hyyrynen became interested in the idea and provided background material for the lyrics, which became the foundation of the play. KOM Theatre, with its strong tradition of intimate family dramas, felt like the right home for this material.
The finality of death colours everyday moments, turning something as ordinary as a Tuesday night macaroni casserole into a unique memory. The logic of memory – what a certain object brings to mind, or how one notices using the same words once spoken to oneself – runs as a guiding thread through the performance. Memories also resemble dreams, and neither can be fully trusted.
When someone close to you has died, you repeatedly find yourself dealing with people you do not know, whose daily lives are nonetheless touched by that death through their work. The sheer number of practical matters, and sometimes even their absurdity, must somehow be reconciled with the emotions stirred by loss. A person cannot simply decide to enjoy a weekend at the summer cottage, to grieve or not to grieve. Or to live forever. Taival is a story about forces beyond our control.
It has been a great joy to make this journey with such a skilled creative team, and to welcome you along on this nocturnal journey – into a dream, lasting only a moment, where it is my hope that a connection can be formed beyond the things that separate us.”
Thank you
Dance Theatre Hurjaruuth, Markus Järvenpää, Kai-Pekka Kangasmäki, Noora Koski, Kari and Tarja Koski, Jarmo and Marja Koski, Hilma Kotkaniemi, Lappeenranta City Orchestra, Pasi Lampela, Emil Lähteenmäki, Juho Maurinen, Miko, Ukko and Teo, Pekka Olkkonen, Maija Poskiparta, Q-theatre, Siiri Rämö, Susanna Rämö, Sakara Records, Jaana Taskinen, Alina Tomnikov, Katja Vauhkonen, Niina Vainikainen, Teppo Velin, families and friends.The performance includes an excerpt from Winterreise (music by Schubert, lyrics by Müller), performed by Pekka Hyyrynen.
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