Teams from the UK, South Africa, Canada, Australia, Denmark, America, New Zealand, The Netherlands and other countries competed. In 1994 The Court Jesters sent a team of improvisors to the World Theatresports Championships in Los Angeles. The Jesters also had considerable success with dinner theatre including a show at Mona Vale called The Wedding. 1990s ĭuring the rest of the 1990s, though some members left for television and film work in Auckland and overseas, the Jesters expanded their repertoire with corporate entertainment and teaching improv/theatresports to high schools (as part of the "Theatresports in Schools" programme) and community improvisation classes.
Original members of the company were John Hudson, Patrick Duffy, Geoff Dolan, KC Kelly, Greg Cooper, Ross Gumbley, Cal Wilson, Simon Peacock, Susan Fogarty, Matthew Gould, Kevin Smith, Craig Cooper, Carl Nixon, Andie Spargo, Paul Letham, and Michael Robinson. Scared Scriptless still runs to this day, and as such is the longest-running (and continuously running) show in New Zealand. In 1990 the Court Jesters manager Michael Robinson (working alongside Jim McLarty and Lori Dungey) began a late-night improvised comedy show titled Scared Scriptless at The Court Theatre. The popularity of the style led to the formation of a permanent improvisational wing of The Court Theatre under the moniker "The Court Jesters" in late 1989. This was largely due to the upswing in popularity of improvised theatre internationally and the desire to introduce it to a New Zealand audience.
Theatresports at The Court Theatre began in 1987 under the direction of Bryan Aitken and Judie Douglass.
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