I'm Yorick. I act, I write, and make comedy. 2026-02-27T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/alaspoorcomedy-blog/ Yorick van Boheemen 2026-02-27T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2026/artisanal_thinking/ 2025-12-19T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2025/christmas_time_heist/ 2025-10-31T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2025/horror_grandparents/ 2025-09-19T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2025/intrusive_voices/ 2025-06-27T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2025/man_cave/ 2025-05-11T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2025/improv_lvl4_long_form_showcase/ <p>I did the level 4 course of long form improvisation at Boom Chicago. This course ended with a show case that we could perform at the upstairs theatre at Boom. It was such a blast to be part of such an amazing show with such an amazing group people!</p> <p>Next week I will continue right on with level 5.</p> 2025-04-30T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2025/robot_vacuum_cleaner/ 2025-03-14T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2025/what_cleaners_do_at_holiday_parcs/ 2025-02-26T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2025/how_to_have_fun_at_holiday_parcs/ 2025-02-12T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2025/gbdb_registration/ 2025-02-03T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2025/gbdb_hd/ <p>Op zondag 2 februari 2025 deed ik mee aan het huiskamerfestival Gluren bij de Buren met mijn <a href="https://yorickvanb.github.io/solo/">solovoorstelling: &quot;Help Mijn Vriendin Heeft Kinderen.&quot;</a>. Het Haarlems Dagblad deed verslag.</p> <p><a href="https://www.haarlemsdagblad.nl/regio/haarlem/iedere-huiskamer-is-een-nieuw-decor-bij-gluren-bij-de-buren-middag-actief-cultuur-beleven-wordt-mooie-traditie/37176811.html?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=share">Het volledige artikel is hier te vinden.</a></p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/gbdb_hd.avif 1536w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/gbdb_hd.webp 1536w"><img alt="Haarlems Dagblad: Middag cultuur beleven wordt een mooie traditie." loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/gbdb_hd.jpeg" width="1536" height="2048"></picture></p> 2024-12-20T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/whenyoulovechristmastoomuch/ 2024-12-08T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/advent_of_comedy/advent_of_comedy_day_08/ <p>Video made based on the script written <a href="https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/advent_of_comedy/advent_of_comedy_day_08/advent_of_comedy_day_02/">here</a>.</p> 2024-12-07T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/advent_of_comedy/advent_of_comedy_day_07/ <p><strong>Form: Scene for two actors.</strong></p> <p style="font-size:24px"><b>Superfan Going Overboard</b></p> <p>A new couple, HE and SHE, are both on stage facing the audience. They talk to the audience, sometimes just talking, sometimes reacting to each other, sometimes not hearing each other, sometimes enacting something that happened earlier.</p> <p>SHE So, when we first met, I tried to play it a bit cool.</p> <p>HE She did not.</p> <p>SHE I thought, what if he's too cool for it, you know. So I played it cool. When he asked what music I liked, I just said, well, you know, this and that.</p> <p>HE I could tell she was a total Swiftie from day one.</p> <p>SHE And he was so dismissive of Taylor.</p> <p>HE I said I was into punk rock.</p> <p>SHE It was almost a dealbreaker.</p> <p>HE Anyway, when she asked me my opinion about Taylor...</p> <p>SHE OH MY GOD YOU CALLED HER TAYLOR...</p> <p>HE ...for the fifteenth time in the eight weeks we had known each other...</p> <p>SHE It was not that much.</p> <p>HE It was.</p> <p>SHE Was not.</p> <p>HE She asked it fake off the cuff, but you could tell it was totally premediated. So, I said, yeah it's not bad. (beat) That's when the dam burst.</p> <p>SHE OH MY GOD HE LOVES TAYLOR SWIFT.</p> <p>HE I did not say that....</p> <p>SHE I've always felt that he was a total superfan!</p> <p>HE Not a superfan....</p> <p>SHE I knew it!</p> <p>HE Not even a regular fan.</p> <p>SHE He is the Swiftiest Swiftie that ever lived.</p> <p>HE And then the dam broke. She just started sending me Taylor Swift songs multiple times per day.</p> <p>SHE OMG YOU MUST HEAR THIS SONG! Did you hear it? Did you hear it? I sent it to you 21 minutes ago, so you MUST have heard it.</p> <p>HE She sent me articles...</p> <p>HE ...books about her life...</p> <p>HE Then I got sent Taylor Swift bed sheets...</p> <p>SHE Which he put on his bed immediately!</p> <p>HE She unpacked them for me and said she would put them on.</p> <p>SHE Well he would have done it, but he was so tired, and I was there anyway, so yeah.</p> <p>HE And t-shirts</p> <p>SHE Which he wore.</p> <p>HE She dressed me. (beat) And then she said she got tickets to the Swift World Tour in Chicago. And now we have to plan this holiday...</p> <p>SHE Well, we don't live that far away, so we might as well swing by.</p> <p>HE WE LIVE IN EUROPE!</p> <p>SHE So you don't want to go?</p> <p>HE No!</p> <p>SHE I thought you loved Taylor Swift.</p> <p>HE I didn't. I said she was okay. I said she was not bad.</p> <p>SHE So, you do love her?</p> <p>HE No!</p> <p>SHE Ok, great. Let's find another show in Europe then.</p> <p>HE sighs and walks away. SHE is left behind, confused and distraught.</p> 2024-12-06T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/advent_of_comedy/advent_of_comedy_day_06/ <p><strong>Form: Script for a comedic sketch</strong></p> <p style="font-family:courier new;font-size:24px"><b>My Inner Voices</b></p> <pre><code> EXT. MEDITATION GARDEN DAY A tranquil garden with a meditation pillow on the ground. A MEDITATOR walks into view, wearing robes. He sits down on his meditation pillow, crosses his legs, and closes his eyes. He sighs. Then he starts to focus. MEDITATOR'S INNER VOICE (V.O.) Let's focus on my breath. Don't force it, just breathe in... and out. He sits there for a bit. Then one of his INNER VOICES separates itself, a transparent ghost like figure that stands up from where the MEDITATOR is sitting. It's the INNER VOICE of SOCIAL ANXIETY and it is a flamboyant character. SOCIAL ANXIETY What if I breathe funny? (mocks quick, shallow breathing) this is not right MEDITATOR'S INNER VOICE (V.O.) Watch my thoughts float by like a cloud. There is nothing to do. Nowhere to be. Another transparent, ghost-like INNER VOICE separates itself. This is OBSESSIVENESS. OBSESSIVENESS is always clenched, and obsessing about things that might happen or go wrong. OBSESSIVENESS Yes, there is somewhere to be. That dentist appointment, remember. And the roof needs to be fixed. And the economy is bad. And there is crisis and war in the world, what about that? MEDITATOR'S INNER VOICE (V.O.) I cannot change what I cannot control. Let go of what I cannot control. OBSESSIVENESS (finger wag) No no no, you don't understand. We must control... everything! MEDITATOR'S INNER VOICE (V.O.) Let them come, let them be, let them go. OBSESSIVENESS NOOOO! WE NEED TO HOLD OOOONNNN! TO EVERY ... SINGLE ... ONE...! MEDITATOR'S INNER VOICE (V.O.) If you like, you can focus on some affirming thoughts. The INNER VOICE of TOUGHNESS separates itself. This is a buff, army type of guy. TOUGHNESS Affirming thoughts are for wimps and losers. MEDITATOR'S INNER VOICE (V.O.) I am enough. I am worthy. I am ok. TOUGHNESS NO, YOU NEED TO BE BETTER! BE BETTER! MEDITATOR'S INNER VOICE (V.O.) Be softer with me. I am a breathing thing. A memory to someone. A home to a life. TOUGHNESS NO, TOUGHER! HARDER! TOUGHER! YOU NEED TO BE HARD AS ROCK OR PEOPLE WILL CHEW YOU UP AND SPIT YOU OUT! MEDITATOR'S INNER VOICE (V.O.) We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us. SOCIAL ANXIETY Nuhuh, we definitely need to do that! How else are we getting ahead? MEDITATOR'S INNER VOICE (V.O.) If you care about people's approval, you become their prisoner. SOCIAL ANXIETY (melodramatic, holding their hands out) Then chain me, because I don't want to live in shame! MEDITATOR'S INNER VOICE (V.O.) May I be happy. May I be healthy. May I be safe. OBSESSIVENESS But how can you be when there's SO MUCH STUFF TO DO? MEDITATOR'S INNER VOICE (V.O.) I am perfect. Just the way I am. TOUGHNESS No, you are weak as shit. SOCIAL ANXIETY And everybody hates you. MEDITATOR'S INNER VOICE (V.O.) In the midst of movement and chaos, I keep stillness inside of me. The INNER VOICE of PANIC separates itself. He is just constantly screaming in panic. PANIC AAAAAAH! MEDITATOR'S INNER VOICE (V.O.) I don't believe everything I think. PANIC AAAAH! MEDITATOR'S INNER VOICE (V.O.) Rule number one is, don't sweat the small stuff. Rule number two, it's all small stuff. OBSESSIVENESS NO, IT'S ALL HUGE STUFF! HUGE, GIANT STUFF! PANIC AAAAAAH!! MEDITATOR'S INNER VOICE (V.O.) Focus you energy, NOT on fighting the old, but on building the new. SOCIAL ANXIETY WHO ARE YOU CALLING OLD!? MEDITATOR'S INNER VOICE (V.O.) What makes you vulnerable, makes you beautiful. TOUGHNESS NO, IT MAKES YOU WEAK! MEDITATOR'S INNER VOICE (V.O.) The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. SOCIAL ANXIETY OH, YOU'RE NOT CHOOSING ME? LIKE ANY OTHER OF THESE IDIOTS KNOW ANY BETTER! TOUGHNESS (to SOCIAL ANXIETY) WHAT DID YOU SAY!? SOCIAL ANXIETY YOU HEARD ME! OBSESSIVENESS Guys, no! Let's focus on HOW MUCH STUFF THERE IS TO DO! PANIC AAAAAAAH! Now the INNER VOICES all start to argue with each other and shouting over each other. It becomes hard to hear any of them clearly. MEDITATOR'S INNER VOICE (V.O.) True self-confidence is not... The MEDITATOR stops, unable to focus. He looks behind him where all the INNER VOICES are arguing, not paying attention to him. MEDITATOR is a mix of puzzled, annoyed, and bemused. He shakes his head. Then he walks away, offscreen. The INNER VOICES keep arguing. After a while they notice that he's gone. SOCIAL ANXIETY Hey, where did he go? They quiet down. They look around. SOCIAL ANXIETY Oh, great. You scared them off! PANIC AAAAAH! And they start arguing again. FADE TO BLACK </code></pre> 2024-12-05T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/advent_of_comedy/advent_of_comedy_day_05/ <p><strong>Form: Script for a comedic sketch</strong></p> <p style="font-family:courier new;font-size:24px"><b>Bad Office Coffee</b></p> <pre><code> INT. OFFICE COFFEE MACHINE, DAY Early morning in the office, JACK and DAVE are standing at the coffee machine, just starting up. DAVE has got his coffee. JACK is pushing the buttons of the machine. JACK So I said to him, if the existing work is not up to code we're not touching it. Anyway he gets pissed... DAVE (shakes his head) Of course. What a dickhead. Did he call you a twatberry? JACK Yes, he did actually. What the fuck is up with that? DAVE I don't know man. It's just something he calls everyone. The coffee machine whirrs... and spits out green sludge into JACK's cup. It sputters and gets everywhere. JACK What the fuck!? DAVE Oh that's gross! Then an ALIEN walks up, all green and with eyes on sticks. ALIEN Do you not want that? JACK makes an &quot;I'm grossed out/whatever&quot; kind of gesture. ALIEN Do you mind if I take it? JACK (making a &quot;sure&quot; gesture) Be my guest. ALIEN (grabs the coffee cup with a tentacle.) Thanks. I can't function without a strong cup of splorf in the morning. The ALIEN slowly walks away again. DAVE and JACK ignore him. DAVE So what did you do after that? JACK Well, he started to flip out, so I said, mate, I'm DEFINITELY not going to help you like this... DAVE No shit... JACK So anyway, he did calm down a bit after that... FADE TO BLACK </code></pre> 2024-12-03T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/advent_of_comedy/advent_of_comedy_day_03/ <p><strong>Form: Script for a comedic sketch</strong></p> <p style="font-family:courier new;font-size:24px"><b>The Zoomer and the Snake</b></p> <pre><code>EXT. JUNGLE, DAY In a small bush in the jungle, a young ZOOMER is collecting specimens, wearing a tropical helmet. Suddenly a PLUCHY SNAKE appears near his hand. It wobbles in a goofy way and makes obviously fake HISSING sounds, like a hand is holding it off camera. Then it bites the ZOOMER. He screams and falls to the ground. The SNAKE disappears into the bushes, obivously pulled along by a string. ZOOMER Aaaaah! ... I must... call for help... ZOOMER reaches into his pocket, grabs out his phone. We see on the screen he is about to call the PROFESSOR, but then changes his mind. We hear his THOUGHTS. ZOOMER THOUGHTS But what if he's busy? I can't just bother him for no reason. Better text him. ZOOMER types out a Whatsapp message to PROFESSOR: &quot;I got bitten by a dangerous pink snake. Can you come with the anti-venom?&quot; He sends the message. We see a double grey checkmark. The message has been &quot;Delivered&quot;, but not &quot;Seen&quot; yet. Now ZOOMER waits, writhing in agony from the snakebite. CUT TO: ONE HOUR LATER ZOOMER is still lying on the floor, now pale and sweating. The poison has set in and he needs to get the anti-venom NOW. ZOOMER THOUGHTS Don't have.... much... time.... Must ... hurry. But can't call... That would be... too awkward. He looks on his phone. The message is still &quot;Delivered&quot;. He types: &quot;Sorry to bother you again, but what time could you be here. It's quite urgent.&quot; CUT TO: ONE HOUR LATER ZOOMER is still on the ground, even paler and more sweating. These are his last moments. He can barely lift his phone. The message is still on &quot;Delivered.&quot; He sighs. This is the end. Then the message status changes to: Seen. ZOOMER perks up. We see &quot;Typing...&quot;. ZOOMER has hope again. A reply appears: &quot;That sounds serious.&quot; Another reply appears: &quot;Do you need help?&quot; ZOOMER starts typing frantically. He may yet live: &quot;Yes!&quot;. Send. &quot;Can you come?&quot; Send. Message status changes to &quot;Delivered.&quot; ZOOMER waits tensely for the reply. He waits for several moments, holding his breath. But the message stays on &quot;Delivered.&quot; Slowly ZOOMER loses all his strength and he slumps down. The phone slides out of his hand. As he dies, we see the message status is still on &quot;Delivered.&quot; FADE TO BLACK </code></pre> 2024-12-02T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/advent_of_comedy/advent_of_comedy_day_02/ <p><strong>Form: Script for a comedic sketch</strong></p> <p style="font-family:courier new;font-size:24px"><b>De Boomer en de Banaan</b></p> <pre><code>INT. DINING ROOM, DAY Boze BOOMER zit aan de keukentafel chagrijnig het nieuws te lezen op zijn tablet. Ondanks zijn leesbril moet hij met uitgestrekte armen zitten om het te kunnen zien. Naast hem op tafel staat een kop koffie. Hij tut en zucht zijn hoofd. Hij begint met praten, en richt zich verontwaardigd tot ons, het publiek. BOOMER Zes miljoen dollar! Zes miljoen dollar! Dat is wat ze betaald hebben voor dat kunstwerk. Zes miljoen dollar! Waanzin! En voor wat? Een banaan aan de muur, met wat ducttape. Als het nou nog een goed gemaakt schilderij was, dan snapte ik het nog. Maar dit, dit is toch niets? En daar heeft iemand zes miljoen dollar voor betaald! Zes miljoen dollar! Mijn ouwe moedertje zei altijd, god hebbe haar ziel, mijn ouwe moedertje zei altijd, het is maar wat de gek ervoor geeft. En zo is het maar net. Gek, inderdaad. Zes miljoen dollar. En dat is niet eens de originele banaan he? Want die is al een keer opggegeten! Dus wat koop je dan, voor die zes miljoen dollar? Het concept. Het concept! Alsof je zes miljoen moet betalen om een stuk fruit tegen de muur te kunnen plakken! Ha! Alsof ik niet gewoon een stuk fruit uit de fruitschaal zou kunnen pakken en die tegen de muur zou kunnen nieten! Ha! Zes miljoen dollar. Nou, ik ga het gewoon doen ook. Let maar op! Hij staat op en loopt uit beeld, maar ondertussen praat hij door BOOMER Daar hoef ik helemaal geen zes miljoen voor te betalen! Dat gaat prima hoor! Het is niet alsof die gek als enige een banaan aan de muur zou kunnen plakken. Nee hoor! Het is een vrij land! Hij komt weer terug, nu met een banaan en duct tape in zijn hand BOOMER Let maar eens op! Voor bijna gratis, doe ik precies hetzelfde! Ha! Daar sta je dan, met je zes miljoen, nou ja, zonder je zes miljoen, en heb je precies hetzelfde aan de muur als ik! Ha! Hij breekt het duct tape af met zijn tanden BOOMER Ha! En niemand die me tegenhoudt! Ha! Heb ik ook zomaar een kunstwerk van zes miljoen dollar aan de muur! Ha! Hij plakt de banaan tegen de muur, en precies op het moment dat ie dat doet, zien we blauwe zwaailichten en horen we sirenes WIEUWWW. Hij verstijft Politiemegafoon (O.S.) Hier is de politie! Kom naar buiten met je handen omhoog!We hebben bericht gekregen van een ernstig geval van kunstvervalsing! </code></pre> 2024-11-22T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/sleepmeditation/ 2024-09-15T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/creative_execution/ <p>I made a drawing on how to execute on creative projects.</p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/creative_execution_small.avif 600w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/creative_execution_small.webp 600w"><img alt="Flyer for Theater aan de Toog." loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/creative_execution_small.png" width="600" height="848"></picture></p> <p>This is based on a chapter from the book &quot;Building A Second Brain&quot;, by Tiago Forte.</p> <p>More information on: <a href="https://www.buildingasecondbrain.com/">buildingasecondbrain.com</a>.</p> 2024-09-13T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/medicalspecialization/ 2024-09-11T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/actors_toolkit/ <p>This fall I will be teaching a 7 week course called the Actor's Toolkit for the theatre association Theaterwerkplaats Haarlem.</p> <p>I will be teaching basic acting techniques. The aim is to give new and intermediate actors the abilities to improve their acting skills and hand them tools that they can use in future work.</p> <p>I will mostly be working with Stanislavsky's system, with modern body and breath work, some mindfulness, and techniques from physical comedy based on John Wright.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theaterwerkplaatshaarlem.nl/de-gereedschapskist-van-de-acteur/">Learn more about the course (NL)</a></p> 2024-07-22T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/weerwoord/ <p>From my notebook. Because who doesn't love a bad pun taken to extremes.</p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/weerwoord.avif 600w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/weerwoord.webp 600w"><img alt="A man walking his dog in the moonlight. In the next picture, he has changed into a word." loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/weerwoord.png" width="600" height="296"></picture></p> <p>(In Dutch, the word &quot;weerwoord&quot; means rebuttal, and the word for werewolf is &quot;weerwolf&quot;.)</p> 2024-05-10T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/historylessons/ 2024-05-09T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/theateraandetoog/ <p>During the theatre festival &quot;Theater aan de Toog&quot; several theatre companies from Haarlem put on shows at various pubs in town. My theatre company put on the production &quot;The Connection&quot; (&quot;De Connectie&quot;).</p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/a5_tadt_2024.avif 800w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/a5_tadt_2024.webp 800w"><img alt="Flyer for Theater aan de Toog." loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/a5_tadt_2024.jpeg" width="800" height="1135"></picture></p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/a5_tadt_2024_2.avif 800w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/a5_tadt_2024_2.webp 800w"><img alt="Flyer for Theater aan de Toog." loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/a5_tadt_2024_2.jpeg" width="800" height="1135"></picture></p> 2024-04-22T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/arielegtdelink/ 2024-03-08T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/pastakookboek/ 2024-02-16T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/cookingwithjustnico/ 2024-01-12T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/whennewyearsresolutionsgettough/ 2024-01-12T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2024/theburglarandthebaby/ 2023-11-24T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2023/theproblemwithremotelearning/ 2023-09-15T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2023/theproblemwithkidstv/ <p>This is the first sketch of my new comedy channel, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AlasPoorComedy">Alas Poor Comedy</a>.</p> <p>In this sketch the dad character has to deal with having to hear the same show on TV over and over again.</p> 2016-10-28T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2016/endingmalaria/ <p>A new Milksoup sketch, in which I am encouraged to end malaria RIGHT NOW. It does not go as planned.</p> 2016-08-08T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2016/thefittingroom/ <p>A new video from Milk Soup, in which a hapless customer wants to try on some clothes in a store. It does not go as planned.</p> 2016-04-07T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2016/worstcarsalesman/ <p>A new sketch, this time about the worst car salesman in the world.</p> <p>I did the writing and the directing.</p> 2015-11-13T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2015/hoodies/ <p>In which two ASBOs have a fundamental disagreement about the concepts of theoretical physics.</p> <p>I did the writing, the editing and I play a role as one of the ASBOs.</p> 2015-08-19T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2015/tourists/ <p>This is the second sketch of my comedy channel. This time, some tourists completely miss the point.</p> <p>I wrote the script and did the directing.</p> 2015-07-19T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2015/whats_love_got_to_do_with_it/ <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/whatslovegottodowithit_invite_2015.avif 784w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/whatslovegottodowithit_invite_2015.webp 784w"><img alt="City Academy Theatre Company invites you to What's Love Got To Do With It." loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/whatslovegottodowithit_invite_2015.jpeg" width="784" height="295"></picture></p> <p>Performance of &quot;What's Love Got To Do With It?&quot;, a production of the City Academy Theatre. It's the day of a wedding, and everything that can go wrong will go wrong.</p> <p>I play the role of Bas, a loud, confident groomsman, who, on the morning of the wedding tells the groom it's not all that cracked up to be married. Think about your freedom, man.</p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/whatslove02_small.avif 784w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/whatslove02_small.webp 784w"><img alt="The groom and the groomsman." loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/whatslove02_small.jpeg" width="784" height="441"></picture></p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/whatslove01_small.avif 784w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/whatslove01_small.webp 784w"><img alt="The groom and the groomsman." loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/whatslove01_small.jpeg" width="784" height="441"></picture></p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/whatslove03_small.avif 784w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/whatslove03_small.webp 784w"><img alt="The groom and the groomsman." loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/whatslove03_small.jpeg" width="784" height="441"></picture></p> 2015-06-11T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2015/whyyoushouldcleanyourfridge/ <p>I started a sketch comedy channel! This is the first video, where John finds out why you should clean your fridge once in a while.</p> <p>I wrote the script and play a voice acting role.</p> 2015-04-19T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2015/mind_the_gap/ <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/2015-04-19_mindthegap_invite.avif 784w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/2015-04-19_mindthegap_invite.webp 784w"><img alt="City Academy Theatre Company invites you to Mind The Gap." loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/2015-04-19_mindthegap_invite.jpeg" width="784" height="295"></picture></p> <p>Performance of &quot;Mind The Gap&quot;, a production of the City Academy Theatre. It's the story of Gav, a man alone on a train station, about to do something desperate. How did he get there? What drove him to this point?</p> <p>A comedy/drama where the main character is played by multiple actors (one of the actors being myself!)</p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/mindthegap01_small.avif 784w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/mindthegap01_small.webp 784w"><img alt="City Academy Theatre Company invites you to Mind The Gap." loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/mindthegap01_small.jpeg" width="784" height="441"></picture></p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/mindthegap02_small.avif 784w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/mindthegap02_small.webp 784w"><img alt="City Academy Theatre Company invites you to Mind The Gap." loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/mindthegap02_small.jpeg" width="784" height="441"></picture></p> 2015-01-14T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2015/standup-parsnips/ <p>In which I talk about living in a different country and, somehow, parsnips.</p> <p>5 minute stand-up comedy, performed on the 14th of January 2015 at Comedy Virgins in Stockwell, London.</p> 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2014/12_dancing_princesses/ <p>Performance of &quot;The Twelve Dancing Princesses&quot;, a production of the City Academy Theatre. We present a contemporary version of this classic fairy tale, with lots of humour, dance, and drag.</p> <p>And yes, I will be playing a princess!</p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/12dancingprincesses_invite.avif 784w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/12dancingprincesses_invite.webp 784w"><img alt="City Academy Theatre Company invites you to The Twelve Dancing Princesses." loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/12dancingprincesses_invite.png" width="784" height="295"></picture></p> <p>Shows:</p> <ul> <li>Sunday 30th November - 7.30pm</li> <li>Monday 1st December - 7.30pm</li> <li>Tuesday 2nd December - 7.30pm</li> </ul> 2014-10-23T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2014/comedy_showcase/ <p>On Wednesday November 5th I will make my debut as a stand-up comedian. The performance is part of the showcase of the City Academy Beginners Comedy Course.</p> <p>I will be talking about watching cooking shows while eating dinner, and why my wife keeps licking her lips when she looks at me.</p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/comedy-showcase-invite.avif 754w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/comedy-showcase-invite.webp 754w"><img alt="Comedy Showcase Invite" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/comedy-showcase-invite.jpeg" width="754" height="620"></picture></p> 2014-09-26T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2014/fight_scene/ <p>On Monday 15th September, I performed in a short film being made by City Academy Short Film Course students led by tutor Marc Price. The aim of the project was to stage and film a fight scene.</p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/fight_scene.avif 1920w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/fight_scene.webp 1920w"><img alt="Still from the fighting video." loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/fight_scene.png" width="1920" height="1080"></picture></p> <p>The premise was that of a secret agent trying to retrieve a device of great importance.</p> <p>The result turned into a quite kick-ass fight scene!</p> <div style="padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/106931667?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" title="fight stuff"></iframe></div><script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script> 2014-07-30T00:00:00Z https://yorickvanb.github.io/blog/2014/ca_tc_into_each_life/ <p>Performance of &quot;Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall&quot;, a production of the City Academy Theatre. In this story a young lady searches for new love after her jerk boyfriend cheats on her.</p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/IntoEachLifeSomeRainMustFall_flyer.avif 782w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/IntoEachLifeSomeRainMustFall_flyer.webp 782w"><img alt="City Academy Theatre Company invites you to Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/IntoEachLifeSomeRainMustFall_flyer.jpeg" width="782" height="806"></picture></p> <p>As a member of the Theater Company, I played the part of the jerk boyfriend.</p> <p>The play was devised by the members of the Theatre Company. Direction and writing of the final script was by Karina Fernandez.</p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/into_each_life_1.avif 784w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/into_each_life_1.webp 784w"><img alt="Scene from Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/into_each_life_1.png" width="784" height="441"></picture></p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/into_each_life_2.avif 784w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/into_each_life_2.webp 784w"><img alt="Scene from Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/into_each_life_2.png" width="784" height="441"></picture></p> <p><picture><source type="image/avif" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/into_each_life_3.avif 784w"><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/into_each_life_3.webp 784w"><img alt="Scene from Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://yorickvanb.github.io/img/into_each_life_3.png" width="784" height="441"></picture></p>