Must Kast: “RUIK!”

Imagine a warm August evening. The afternoon’s haze has settled into a pleasant, gentle summer breeze. On stage a band tightens its strings, and the promising rumble of a drum is heard. And now! Seven actors – or were they pigs? – rush on stage and set the meadows of Ülenurme roaring with wild energy. It could be just like that, because next summer too the home of Must Kast is the Estonian Museum of Agriculture, MUHK.

The summer production “RUIK!” presents pigs from every possible angle, through sketches, music, song and dance, on the ring arena of the museum. Yes, pigs – who in turn oppress and repress, make merry and rage, scatter and mock. Krõõt invites the pigs “with a bright ear” to the rye, piglets build property of varying quality and a shared mill on a farm run by animals, the boars take a train to Pori, go to parties to slam meat on the counter, gobble and cram and bellow; they grunt and whine when it is time to start the pig dance; and the impossible becomes possible, when a pig flies.

It is a two-act barnyard cabaret: a fun, singing, dancing and furious study of power and its abuse. The party is loud and muddy, and during the interval there is soup too.

Is morality read? No!

Is there wallowing in the mud? Oh yes!

Can you laugh and sing along? Absolutely!

Director JAANIKA TAMMARU, dramaturg ELIISABET RAJU, costume artist KARL JOONAS ALAMAA, light designers SANDER PÕLLU (VAT Theatre) and VILLU LIIVLA, producer MERILYN ELGE, marketing and tickets RAUL MARKUS VAIKSOO, on stage KAIJA M KÜLM, MARIANN TAMMARU, INGRID ISOTAMM, MAARJA TAMMEMÄGI, GRETE KONKSI, ALISSIJA-ELISABET JEVTJUKOVA, RAUNO POLMAN and the BAND: JOOSEP SOOTLA, EMIL JOONATAN SEENE, KRISTO PLOVITS

Premiere 15 August 2026 at the ring arena of MUHK / Estonian Museum of Agriculture (Ülenurme, Tartu County).

Ticket prices:

Until 31 December: full ticket €35, concession ticket €30.

From 1 January: full ticket €40, concession ticket €35.

On the day of the performance: full ticket €45, concession ticket €40.

With a theatre ticket shown, admission to the museum on the day of the performance costs 25% less: a full ticket is €6 and a concession ticket €4. The museum is open 10:00–18:00, but between the closing of the exhibitions and the start of the performance you can visit the museum café.

More information and bookings: contact the theatre’s ticket office.