Sirius Teatern: This is Not Stalker

Their last hope rests in the Russian permafrost

In 1972, the Strugatsky brothers published the novel Roadside Picnic, which became a sci-fi classic. In 1979 came Andrei Tarkovsky’s film adaptation, Stalker, which today stands as an iconic “bible” for cinephiles worldwide.

Sirius Teatern conceives the idea of creating a stage production of this canonized classic—a decision that feels bold and, above all, necessary. But they strike an insurmountable obstacle: the rights remain frozen solid in the Russian permafrost.

What do you do when the original is forbidden, yet its allure is too strong to resist?

Sirius Teatern presents the production This is NOT Stalker – a newly created stage work about a theatre collective that sets off toward the mythical Zone to find the lost copyrights, only to be stranded at a Russian border post. There, they are forced to scrutinize their own existence as the reality around them begins to crack.

Stage Konepaja

28.3.-9.5.2026

Premiere 28.3. at 19.00

Other performances:

1.4. / 8.4. / 10.4. / 15.4. / 22.4. / 25.4. / 29.4. / 8.5. at 19.00
26.4. / 9.5. at 15.00
 

Tickets 8-42€ from Fienta

Language: Swedish, Finnish subtitles: Available starting from the 8.4 performance. 
Duration: To be announced. 
Note: The performance uses theatrical smoke/haze.

Working group: 
Direction: David Sandqvist 
On stage: Wilhelm Grotenfelt, Paul Holländer, Paul Olin, Cecilia Paul 
Visual design: Tuomas Honkanen 
Music and sound design: Tony Sikström 
Graphics and photography: Otto Donner 
Marketing: Sebastian Hornborg 
Production: Sirius Teatern