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 thrive on shows that feel tailor‑made for our intimate room, and that’s precisely why we are thrilled to host Félix Le Braz with Flashback Generation VHS. From our vantage point—close to the laughter, the gasps of recognition, and the spontaneous applause—we see how this nostalgic deep dive into the era of tapes, tracking wheels, and video clubs electrifies a live crowd. Félix’s stage presence is buoyant and generous, shifting from razor‑sharp observations to mischievous physical comedy with the kind of precision that plays beautifully in a compact venue like ours. He teases out the textures of the late 80s and 90s—family camcorders, tape‑label etiquette, the ritual of Friday‑night rentals—and constantly folds the audience into the joke. Because we curate nights that hinge on complicity between artist and audience, Flashback Generation VHS feels at home here: it’s interactive without ever being intrusive, affectionate without drifting into pure nostalgia, and paced with the snap of a modern stand‑up hour.

What you’ll experience on our stage at Le Boui-Boui

From the first light cue, you’ll notice how Félix leans into the analog feel of the theme while keeping the rhythm contemporary. Our technicians love the way his bits fuse sound cues, quickfire act‑outs, and playful audience prompts—he’ll summon a “VHS blind test,” riff on improvised tape titles shouted from the seats, and whip an entire section into a chorus of rewinds and fast‑forwards. In recent club dates he has been honing fresh pieces that land especially well in our room, including sketch‑sequences like Tracking Nightmare, Video Club Confessions, and Pause/Play, each one built around a vivid memory hook that escalates into gleeful absurdity. Expect elastic character work—parents negotiating the living‑room VCR, the over‑zealous clerk who guards the last new release like treasure, the friend who always “recorded over” the best part—and smart, self‑aware callbacks that bind the hour together. We’ve tailored the acoustic clarity and sightlines so you catch every aside and micro‑expression; the up‑close setting intensifies the payoff of his crowd interplay and helps the show breathe like a conversation rather than a monologue.

Artistically, Félix Le Braz is very much in motion this season, taking Flashback Generation VHS through a run of theaters and comedy clubs across France while developing new interludes and transitions that keep the set evolving. What we see backstage is an artist fine‑tuning timing, tightening tags, and testing brand‑new detours that are already drawing big reactions—pieces like Tape Eater (a love letter to those hungry VCRs), Camcorder Christmas (home‑movie chaos rendered with Olympic‑level mime), and Be Kind, Rewind (a playful ode to the unwritten rules of the rental counter). The show captures a universal before‑and‑after: the social rituals of physical media versus the frictionless scroll of today, all filtered through Félix’s sunny bite and fast‑pivoting improvisation. At Le Boui-Boui, that living‑room energy becomes the point; our audience sits close enough to pass him imaginary tapes, and the lighting rig punches from cozy glow to neon nostalgia as the scenes shift. If you’re seeking a comedy experience that marries craftsmanship with warm‑blooded participation, this is the rare hour where the stage and the room fuse into a single memory—recorded not on plastic spools, but in the collective laughter that keeps rewinding itself, night after night, right here in our Lyonnais home.