Marine Leonardi « Mauvaise Graine »

Marine Leonardi doesn’t need an apron to put everyday life on the grill. In Mauvaise Graine, the French comedian takes apart—with dark humor and a keen eye for detail—everything that derails our lives: relationships, motherhood, the mental load, and the pressures that stick to us. She lays bare the contradictions, talks about love and exhaustion, about uneven divisions of labor, about roles we assume without thinking, and about the lines we swallow out of habit. Her writing is direct and her punchlines land cleanly, oscillating between confidences and a clear-eyed view.

On April 26, 2026, at Le Phénix Valenciennes, Marine Leonardi presents a no-frills, non-lecturing stand-up made of scenes that ring true and sting just enough. You’ll find small domestic battles, endless mental checklists, missed appointments, the injunction to do everything right, and the urge to hit pause. With a simple stage presence and precise language, she turns a tiny grain of sand into material for laughter, and the irritations of daily life into excellent fuel for conversation.