CRITIQUE – At La Scala, the new play by the talented Kelly Rivière pits a teacher against a high-school student who dreams of easy money. Hard-hitting and jubilant.
In her show Si tu t’en vas, directed by Philippe Baronnet, talented playwright Kelly Rivière depicts a face-off between a high school teacher, Mme Ogier (played by the author), and a student who refuses to study and has only one desire: to make money and go off to Dubai to take it easy. His role model? The billionaire Elon Musk.
On the set, the décor is as sober as a classroom. Two tables, a few chairs. The show opens with a short video showing young people talking about their relationship with their teachers. One of them rather amusingly declares: “ I say hats off to the teacher who manages to make a course in this building site ! ” Another speaks of his future with circumspection.