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

Le Boui-Boui welcomes Felix Le Braz with Flashback Generation VHS

From our stage at Le Boui-Boui, we are thrilled to host Felix Le Braz and his vibrant new show Flashback Generation VHS, a warm, high-energy tribute to the analogue years that shaped a generation. As a venue devoted to sharp writing, nimble stagecraft, and intimate connection with audiences, we are proud to give space to an artist who treats nostalgia not as a gimmick but as a living, comic language. In recent months, Felix has been refining fresh material in clubs and on short-form stages, testing ideas, tightening punchlines, and heightening the theatricality that distinguishes his stand-up. This is not simply a throwback hour—it is a modern conversation about memory, technology, and the hilarious, universal rituals that came with life before the algorithm. At Le Boui-Boui, our room’s closeness makes that conversation immediate: the physicality of his act, the timing of a sound cue, the way a single glance to the front row can become a full-blown bit, all land with amplified impact. We love that Flashback Generation VHS lends itself to discovery—Felix adjusts, riffs, and deepens the set from night to night, a sign of real artistic momentum and a commitment to the present tense of comedy. For us, programming this show is about giving our audience a front-row seat to an artist in motion, building topical jokes into a wider, playful narrative about how we watched, rewound, and remembered.

Inside Flashback Generation VHS at Le Boui-Boui

What makes Flashback Generation VHS so irresistible on our stage is the precision with which Felix Le Braz mines the everyday rituals of the cassette age and turns them into shared comic fuel. He leans into vivid, physical storytelling: the clack of a plastic case snapping shut, the solemn rewind before returning a rental, the fuzzy “tracking” snow that turned every living room into a mini technical support desk, the family debates about taping over precious recordings, and the awkward choreography of fast-forwarding through commercials without overshooting the scene. Expect nimble character work—video-club clerks with sacred rules, a parent who treats the remote like a spaceship cockpit, a teacher wielding a classroom TV cart like a throne—stitched together with references that feel freshly observed rather than merely nostalgic. The show thrives on audience involvement, and our room’s scale invites playful call-and-response—Felix sparks memories, the crowd answers, and new jokes materialize in the moment. We’ve seen him pivot from a riff about late-night TV idents to a quick-fire run about the social etiquette of lending tapes, then spiral into a smart, present-day tag about streaming queues, all without losing the VHS heartbeat. That blend of retro texture and contemporary wit is why we’re excited to showcase him now: the material is evolving, recent bits slot seamlessly alongside the core of Flashback Generation VHS, and the momentum is palpable. At Le Boui-Boui, we’re set up for comfort, clarity, and punchy timing—ideal conditions for a show that celebrates the analog grain while delivering crisp, modern laughs.