Félix Le Braz - Flashback - Génération Vhs - Le Boui Boui Lyon

Félix Le Braz brings Flashback Generation VHS to Le Boui-Boui

At Le Boui-Boui in Lyon, we are delighted to welcome Félix Le Braz with Flashback Generation VHS, a high-spirited, nostalgia-fuelled ride that feels tailor-made for our intimate stage. From our vantage point in the room, we’ve seen how proximity transforms a show like this: the clicks, the groans, the giddy laughter ripple instantly from row to row, and the performer can surf that energy with precision. Félix’s material is built for that closeness. He resurrects the tactile joys and tiny nightmares of the analog era, and we accentuate the mood with warm lighting that evokes the glow of a tube TV, punctual sound cues, and a stage layout that keeps every expression legible. Expect a night where a single prop—a battered remote, the rattle of a plastic cassette case, the squeal of a VCR’s tracking—carries the weight of a thousand memories. As hosts, we love when a show turns our room into a time machine; with Flashback Generation VHS, the portal opens as soon as the house lights dip.

Flashback Generation VHS thrives on shared references and quick, punchy storytelling, and our audience at Le Boui-Boui will hear Félix weaving set pieces that double as communal memory checks. He revisits the pilgrimages to a neighborhood video store, the etiquette of rewinding, and the fierce tribalism of 8-bit and 16-bit console wars. In sequences like Be Kind, Rewind, Friday Night Videoclub, Tracking Lines, Console Wars 16-Bit, Cartoons & Cereal, and Teacher With The Overhead Projector, he toggles between wry observation and heightened character work. We’ve seen how he reads a room, baiting a chorus of “I remember that!” before pivoting to a sly, modern punchline. The effect is both comforting and brisk; nostalgia becomes a springboard for jokes about family life, friendship, technology’s false promises, and the way a generation learned patience from loading screens and chewed-up tapes. With room for spontaneous audience banter—your first rental, your last rewind fee, your most catastrophic recording mishap—Félix’s show feels personal and participatory, perfectly scaled to the human-sized laughter that defines Le Boui-Boui.

The artist’s current momentum, from sketches to the stage

Félix Le Braz arrives at Le Boui-Boui with momentum built on recent stage dates and a steady stream of short-form comedy that sharpens the spirit of Flashback Generation VHS. His freshest online drops—Remote-Control Dad, The Tape That Snapped, Recess Olympics, Answering Machine Mayhem, and Saturday Morning Energy—play like miniature preludes to the live experience: brisk premises, crisp tags, and a playful physicality that reads instantly in our room. He’s been keeping his comic muscle warmed through club spots and showcases, and you can feel that craft on stage here: poised timing, quick pivots between characters, and a storyteller’s instinct for the reveal. We curate Le Boui-Boui’s schedule around comics who speak directly to the audience’s everyday life, and Félix connects by reframing familiar artifacts—the whirr of a deck, the ritual of labeling a tape—as comedic lenses on the present. For Lyon’s comedy fans, this show is the sweet spot between memory and modernity: the humor lands whether you grew up repairing cassettes with a pencil or discovered them as retro curiosities. In our space, Félix’s energy scales beautifully; you catch every side-eye, every throwaway line, and every callback as the analog world collides with a streaming-age punchline.