Theatre Sports (TV series)

{{Short description|Australian comedy television series}}

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| genre = Improvisational comedy

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| writer = Trevor Farrant

| director = Martin Coombes

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| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Paul Chubb
• Dennis Watkins
• Debbie Spillane
• The Hanging Judge

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| country = Australia

| language = English

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| num_episodes = 11

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| producer = Geoff Portmann

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| runtime = 30 minutes

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Theatre Sports is an Australian improvisational comedy television series broadcast by the ABC in 1987. It was based on the Canadian game of theatresports, created by Keith Johnstone, and features four teams of four improvising based on supplied game scenarios.{{Citation | last= Anderson | first= Doug | title= Theatre Sports | url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 2 February 1987}}{{Citation | last= Hooks | first= Barbara | title= Sometimes, the stage is more like an arena| url= | periodical= The Age | date= 5 February 1987}} Theatre Sports had become popular at the Belvoir Street Theatre where it was run by Dennis Watkins and Paul Chubb. ABC adapted it for TV bringing in Chubb as host and Watkins as a judge alongside Debbie Spillane{{Citation | last= Evans | first= Bob | title= Theatre sports: gladiatorial contests without the blood | url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 30 January 1986}}{{Citation | last= Visontay | first= Michael | title= The TV cheque book whirligig | url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 14 January 1987}} and The Hanging Judge.