Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure

2026

Very freely inspired by Proust.

For this show, we would like to focus on Combray, the first part of In Search of Lost Time – Swann's Way, in which the narrator recalls a precise moment of his early childhood, a moment that filled him with dread: bedtime. We believe this very specific situation will let us touch on the themes that run through the rest of his work: memory, the search for oneself, emancipation. Proust for children doesn't go without saying, and yet…

Cast and credits

Concept
Flavien Bellec, Étienne Blanc
Performers
Flavien Bellec, Étienne Blanc, Solal Forte
Production
Frenhofer
Development / Touring
Romain Courault, le Bureau des écritures contemporaines
Delegated production
Comédie de Caen – CDN, Le Volcan, scène nationale du Havre
Co-productions
In progress
Partners and support
Tanit Théâtre (Lisieux), Maison des Métallos (Paris), Les Tréteaux de France – CDN (Aubervilliers)
Dates
Upcoming
24 — 27 November 2026
Premiere — Comédie de Caen
30 November — 2 December 2026
29 January 2027
Premiere — Théâtre de Lisieux Normandie, Lisieux
Past
2026
19 — 23 October 2026
Rehearsals — Bains-douches, Le Havre
5 — 10 October 2026
Rehearsals — Bains-douches, Le Havre
14 — 19 September 2026
Rehearsals — Théâtre de Lisieux Normandie
7 — 11 September 2026
Rehearsals — Bains-douches, Le Havre
15 — 19 June 2026
20 — 24 April 2026
Rehearsals — Le Volcan, Le Havre
2 — 6 March 2026
Rehearsals — Maison des Métallos, Paris
9 — 14 February 2026
Rehearsals — Tanit Théâtre, Lisieux
Five puppets sitting on a row of wooden folding chairs against a white wall.Three open-mouthed puppets side by side: a boy in a checked shirt, a long-haired blue monster and an old man in a suit.On the left, Fuseli's The Nightmare: a sleeping woman, a demon sitting on her and a horse's head. On the right, a teenager asleep under a Winnie-the-Pooh duvet.