Il ne m’est jamais rien arrivé with Vincent Dedienne
Based on The Journal of Jean-Luc Lagarce
Directed, with set design and actor coaching by Johanny Bert
Adapted and performed by Vincent Dedienne
In French with English supertitles
Friday, March 27th at 8:00pm
Gates at 7pm for baguette sandwiches and cash bar
Vincent Dedienne donne voix aux journaux intimes de Jean-Luc Lagarce et fait surgir, mot après mot, le portrait bouleversant d’un jeune homme à la fois drôle, fragile et profondément lucide.
Entre Paris et Besançon, dans les années 1980, se déploie une vie solitaire et intensément émotionnelle : celle d’un passionné de théâtre confronté à l’apparition du SIDA et à la disparition de figures majeures de la culture française, comme Coluche et Simone Signoret.
Un récit d’une rare délicatesse, où le trivial devient essentiel, où l’intime rejoint l’Histoire — et où, sous l’apparente immobilité, tout brûle.
Vincent Dedienne brings the private journals of acclaimed French playwright Jean-Luc Lagarce to life, addressing the audience directly and revealing the inner world of a young playwright coming of age. With wit and vulnerability, Lagarce reflects on his daily life, his ambitions, his doubts, and his deep devotion to the theater.
Set between Paris and Besançon in the 1980s, the performance traces a life lived mostly in solitude but with great intensity, shaped by artistic obsession, desire, friendship, and loss. As the AIDS crisis emerges and major figures of French culture such as Coluche and Simone Signoret pass away, his writing captures the weight of a generation facing uncertainty.
about vincent dedienne
Vincent Dedienne is a major figure of contemporary French theater—actor, author, and performer. Trained at the Conservatoire national supérieur d’art dramatique, he is known for his sharp intelligence, precise delivery, and ability to blend humor with emotional depth, exploring themes of intimacy, identity, and human vulnerability.
Active across theater, film, and television, Dedienne has become one of the most acclaimed performers of his generation. A multiple-time Molière Award winner, he has worked with leading directors and brought a strong literary sensibility to both classical and contemporary texts, while also developing his own writing for the stage.
Through his solo performances and dramatic roles alike, Dedienne cultivates a modern theatrical voice that is both witty and deeply humane. His work gives space to nuance, silence, and emotional truth, making him a compelling and singular presence on stage.
About Jean-Luc Lagarce
Jean-Luc Lagarce (1957–1995) was a major figure of contemporary French theatre—playwright, director, and founder of the Théâtre de la Roulotte. His work is known for its refined, musical language, built on repetition, hesitation, and unspoken tensions, exploring themes of absence, memory, family, and the difficulty of saying goodbye.
Although his plays were little performed during his lifetime, Lagarce is now one of the most frequently staged French playwrights, both in France and internationally. Works such as Juste la fin du monde, Les Règles du savoir-vivre dans la société moderne, and Histoire d’amour (derniers chapitres) have become staples of contemporary theatre repertoires.
Writing during the final years of the 20th century and in the shadow of the AIDS crisis, Lagarce developed a deeply intimate and modern theatrical voice. His texts give actors space to navigate silence, contradiction, and emotional fragility, making his work especially powerful on stage.