Marine Leonardi « Mauvaise Graine »

On February 7, 2027, at the Reims Arena in Reims, Marine Leonardi presents Mauvaise Graine. A French comedian, she trades ready-made formulas for an everyday approach served with sharply honed dark humor. Couples stuck in neutral, motherhood running out of breath, an overflowing mental load, expectations that cling to the skin: she puts a magnifying glass on the things that squeak and that we keep quiet about out of habit.

Her writing is direct, rhythmic and unadorned. Forthright observations, punchlines at the right moment, confidences that seek no effect—just the truth. She dismantles the roles we slip into without thinking, the lopsided divisions and those little phrases we swallow for lack of daring to say them, drawing from them a mordant clarity. Mauvaise Graine doesn’t deliver morals; it opens windows: we laugh, we recognize ourselves, we breathe a little. In Reims, Marine Leonardi comes to put words to what happens behind closed doors, with a clear, blunt way of recounting everyday life.