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

Le Boui-Boui welcomes Félix Le Braz with Flashback Génération VHS

At Le Boui-Boui, we relish artists who turn the intimacy of our Lyon stage into a time machine, and Félix Le Braz does exactly that with Flashback Génération VHS. From the moment the lights dim, his retro-fueled stand-up invites our audience to rewind to the era of home-recorded tapes, tracking lines, and blockbuster sleeves worn soft by repeat viewing. In our close-quarters room, his interactive energy becomes a feature, not a flourish: the way he consults the crowd about their first camcorder, their favorite Friday-night rental, or the mystical ritual of blowing on a cassette head feels tailored for Le Boui-Boui’s warm, responsive acoustics. He deconstructs the way we learned humor through worn-out tapes of sketch compilations and late-night TV, staging a playful archaeology of gestures, ads, trailers, and dubbing quirks. The result is a nostalgic, contemporary set that understands our space: tight, fast, and built on the thrill of recognition when a whole row laughs in chorus at an analog memory they didn’t know they still shared.

Artistic news and what to expect on our stage

Right now, Félix Le Braz is riding a sweet spot in his creative cycle: Flashback Génération VHS keeps touring and evolving, and that living, iterative quality comes through clearly on our stage. He updates references and punchlines with each run, folding modern culture into his retro lens so that 90s memories collide with today’s viral formats. Expect lightning-fast call-backs, a mock “recording” tone he triggers with his voice, and whip-smart crowd work that capitalizes on our room’s proximity. The set riffs on contemporary pop phenomena as if they had been recorded onto a beloved—but slightly warped—tape: think LOL: Qui rit, sort! played back with snow on the image, a Quotidien segment paused and unpaused until the joke glitches perfectly, or a Hot Ones France interview imagined with the fuzz of a tenth-generation copy. He even filters culinary competition intensity through analog nostalgia, joking about what a Top Chef finale would look like after a night of accidental over-recording. This blend of present-tense commentary and tactile memory gives the evening its pulse at Le Boui-Boui.

Hosting the show in our venue adds another layer: Flashback Génération VHS thrives on the immediacy of stand-up, and in our room every micro-expression, every mischievous silence, and every sound effect lands with crisp definition. Félix Le Braz uses the space dynamically—stepping downstage to “zoom in” as if our front row were a camera lens, pulling back to “wide shot” the moment he paints a scene of family living rooms, tangled SCART cables, and impromptu movie marathons. Our technical team keeps the focus on his timing and storytelling, ensuring the rhythm of the set remains taut while leaving room for those spontaneous tangents that audiences love. He invites spectators to share their own analog lore—who remembers the ceremonial Rembobinage after a rental night?—and turns those confessions into fresh tags that feel exclusive to Lyon. For us at Le Boui-Boui, it’s the perfect alchemy: a show that honors collective memory while staying firmly in the now, crafted for a room where laughter rebounds instantly and nostalgia becomes a live, shared soundtrack.