Comedians Sikisa (Live At The Apollo, The Stand Up Sketch Show) and Stuart Laws (nominee Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show, Comedian Choice Best Show) will host comedy's premier sporting event - eight comics competing to see who is the Champion Beer Mat Flipper 2025.

 

2025’s confirmed contestants include Ruby Carr, Helen Bauer, Ed Gamble, Jordan Gray, Rosie Jones and Phil Wang.

 

The championship was inaugurated in 2023 by Stuart Laws. It has taken place in London and at Machynlleth Comedy Festival, and a World Record attempt was made at the Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh. Stuart will again attempt to break the record of 74 mats in 60 seconds, set in 2013 by Ashrita Furman, thereby politely taking away just one of the 200-plus world records that Furman currently holds!

Stuart says: “I’ve been beer mat flipping since I was eight, when my little paws could barely grip a beer mat. The sport had a grip on me though, and now, 30 years later I’m again attempting the world record and to go pro as a flipper. More importantly, I want to bring the sport to the wider world. It’s such a compelling and simple sport that gets fiendishly difficult under the lights and up against rivals, and comedians are the perfect competitors: eager to entertain and desperate to win/cause chaos when it becomes clear they’re not going to win. I’m thinking especially of Nish Kumar flipping the whole table.”

 

Expect trick shots, live betting odds, trash talk and a night to remember. As featured on TalkSport, Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 4.

 

Title: Comedians Beer Mat Flipping Championship
Venue: Pleasance London, Carpenters Mews, North Road, London N7 9EF (Main House)

Ticket link: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/comedians-beer-mat-flipping-championship
Date: Friday 31st January, 2025

Time: 7.30pm