SPARK Rotterdam

When we sent out a survey earlier this summer asking, “How has your time at SPARK been?” , we expected comments about logistics, location, or some well-sandwiched feedback points. Instead, we discovered something deeper. Their experience of improv wasn’t just about picking up a hobby or filling the blank spaces in one’s schedule — it was about community, belonging, presence, and fun . Our weekly classes, monthly shows, and regular activities had become spaces for genuine connection . It...

Ditch your vitamin C tabs, your magnesium pill, your vitamin D lamp and your gym membership: laughter is the best medicine. Seriously though, keep your tablets and regular GP checkups. What we mean to say is that laughter is scientifically proven to have physical and mental health benefits. Laughter is associated to reduced levels of cortisol (the stress hormone, the one that makes you wake up in with a beating heart, crave kaassoufflées or tony chocolonely and yell at your loved ones) and...

If you’ve been doing improv for a bit of time, think about it for a second: Are you the same person as the one who signed up for a...