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Two accomplices. More tramps than wealthy people, Estragon and Vladimir, alias Gogo and Didi for those close to them. They are waiting for Godot at the foot of a starving tree. Yesterday they were already there: he did not come. Will he come tonight? We guess the question has not been answered for a significant number of evenings pounding the soles on this country road.

With this first paragraph, you know half the action of “Waiting for Godot”. The sequel is the arrival of two other cranks, Pozzo and Lucky. The first leads the second with a rope. The second carries the luggage of the first and seems as stupid as he is exhausted. Strange hitch between a master and his slave, a torturer and his whipping boy. Along the way, would they have met Godot? No, of course. Finally, it’s a kid who will come to give some news: Mr. Godot will try to pass. Tomorrow maybe. All that remains is to continue to wait.

“Waiting for Godot” directed by Alain Françon at the Théâtre de Carouge. [Thomas O’Brien – Théâtre de Carouge]

Come back tomorrow

Speaking of waiting, the list is long at the Théâtre de Carouge until January 29. “Waiting for Godot” is sold out. If you don’t have tickets, come back tomorrow. Or the day following tomorrow?

And to think that when it premiered in Paris in 1953, “Waiting for Godot” caused a scandal. In the followingmath of World War II, the public may have been hoping for optimism or a positivist morality. Samuel Beckett gave him this play where hope is adorned with ridicule, cruelty parades with the clown’s mask, the hero wears the tinsel of a drunken tramp and the action comes down to this: waiting. Wait once more. Who knows what tomorrow has in store for us?

Classic and modern piece

In Carouge, “Waiting for Godot”, an untouchable modern classic (the Beckett Foundation watches over any attempt to retouch the masterpiece), is adorned with the raven hues of the scenographer Jacques Gabel. Goldsmith of the texts, the French director Alain Françon surrounds himself with a team of faithful actors: Gilles Privat, André Marcon, Guillaume Lévêque, Eric Berger, to which is added Antoine Heuillet, in the role of the child-messenger , the tune of a Tadzio out of “Death in Venice”.

The end, the whole room already knows it. “Waiting for Godot” is a classic and some of its cult lines. Thus the first sentence, heralding the whole affair: – “Nothing to do.” The main thing is elsewhere. In the dialogues of Didi and Gogo, philosophers of ditches and hollow bellies. In this happiness and this misfortune which characterize the human species: to ask oneself existential questions and to try to pierce the future.

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^{“Waiting for Godot”, Théâtre de Carouge, until January 29, 2023.}

Manage a campus like the one that has the PSG It is not an easy task at all, not because of what each of the players can offer on the pitch, but because of the constant competition that is generated in who is the one that stands out above the rest.

This way, Galtiercoach of the Parisian team, aims to find harmony in his squad on the field to obtain results, but at the same time maintain that same harmony indoors and on a day-to-day basis in an imminent fight of egos.

As for egos, the team from the French capital has shown on more than one occasion the special care they deserve, Kylian Mbappe, one of its star figures. In another of the pampering for the forward of the French national team in the face of the incessant “threat” of the big teams in Europe that want to take the seven bravo in each transfer market, Mbappé was chosen as sub-captain to take the reins of the team in case marquinhosthe PSG captain, is absent.

A request from Mbappé might give Messi an exit from PSG

“We decided at the beginning of the season that Kylian Mbappé should be the second captain. He stayed at PSG and he deserves to have this bracelet in the absence of Marquinhos”, Galtier commented at a press conference following his team’s 7-0 victory once morest Pays de Cassel for the French Cup where Kylian wore the captain’s ribbon and left with five goals.

Although Galtier’s statements presented his logic regarding the choice of Mbappé as captain in the absence of Marquinhos, the one who responded was another of the squad’s leaders, Presnel Kimpembe. The central defender, who knew to be the sub-captain, shared a message on social networks implying that neither the coach nor anyone else from the club informed him of this decision. In any case, the defender who debuted in 2014 with the PSG shirt, to become one of the figures over time following nine seasons, showed his respect for the club’s decision despite his astonishment.

Kimpembe’s statements caused a stir and that is why the same club came out to clarify the situation regarding the designated captains for a new season. As published by the French portals Le Parisien and RMC Sport, PSG clarified how the internal hierarchy of the team was defined. Marquinhos is the captain and four lieutenants were appointed for when the Brazilian defender is not there. They are Mbappé, Kimpembe himself, Italian Marco Verratti and… Sergio Ramos.

They yelled at Mbappé “come to Real Madrid” and his gesture angered PSG

Now, in that list figure does not appear Lionel Messi, a situation which also aroused certain doubts among fans. In this case, the absence of Leo can mean that he arrived at the Parisian team relatively recently, a situation that at the same time is contradictory with the presence of Ramos in the list of captains, since Messi and the former Real Madrid defender arrived in the same transfer window. This decision can be supported by the fact that Ramos was the captain in a glorious time for Madrid, as well as showing the necessary character to wear the tape.

Anyway, Galtier can keep calm that this situation will not get any worse, at least from Lionel Messi’s side, who always stayed out of this type of situation. As who says, the man from Rosario responds and speaks on the field, and in this decision of the club not to consider him in the list of captains will not be the exception.

JL