Marine Leonardi « Mauvaise Graine »

Marine Leonardi presents Mauvaise Graine at the Bourse du Travail, Lyon, on December 3, 2026. A French comedian, she dissects the frictions of everyday life: relationships, motherhood, the mental load, and the persistent injunctions that settle in. Her writing is direct, laced with dark humor and a keen eye for detail that captures the precise moment. She exposes contradictions, speaks of love and exhaustion, of lopsided divisions and the roles we take on without thinking, with dry, precise punchlines.

Between blunt confessions and clear‑eyed observation, Marine Leonardi navigates domestic unspoken truths, the phrases we swallow and the automatic behaviors that weigh on us. No moralizing or showy gestures—just recognisable situations told with surgical precision. On stage she moves straight ahead, faces things head‑on and finds the right distance to reveal the angle that stings. Mauvaise Graine lives up to its name: it scratches where it itches, with sharp humor and a sustained rhythm from beginning to end.