Furniture Boys
Furniture Boys is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Underbelly, Bristo Square. It has 24 performances listed, running from Wed 5 Aug, 14:30 to Sun 30 Aug, 14:30. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Writer-performer Emily Weitzman’s riotous solo comedy turns boyfriends into futons and lampshades, and breakups into broken chairs. A surprising meditation on impermanence, Furniture Boys is hailed by the Guardian () as ‘ingenious,’ ‘shimmeringly silly,’ and ‘ridiculous and revelatory.’ Weitzman blends theatre, comedy, clown, spoken word and furniture showroom in her search for what endures: a relationship, a memory, a sofa-bed? Direct from Off-Broadway’s SoHo Playhouse, winner of Fringiest Show at Orlando Fringe. This ‘inventive, playful, and surprisingly heartfelt comedy... will surprise you with its tenderness and grandiosity’ ½ (The Student).
Details
- Venue: Underbelly, Bristo Square
- Space: Jersey
- Genre: THEATRE, Comedy, Solo show
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 90 seats (Jersey) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 24, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: lift
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: There are 19 steps from top door and 11 from mid level door if not taking the lift. Wheelchair access type:Lift (Building Lift) Stairs: 11- 20 Number of stairs is provided as guidance and is not in addition to any wheelchair access type (lift/ramp etc) stated above.
What the reviewers said
We have captured 2 published reviews and 15 audience reviews for this show from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s own listing. The excerpts below are the reviewers’ words, not ours — follow each link for the full review.
New York based writer-performer Emily Weitzman begins Furniture Boys with a poem about a couch, followed by a conversation between herself and the couch, conducted in a language she imagines the couch speaking.
Innovative and heartfelt, Emily Weitzman’s Furniture Boys is a box full of surprises. While I must admit at times Weitzman’s script felt slightly on the nose and it may not have been the humour for me, I can absolutely…
— The Student (4 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Wed 5 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £8.50
- Thu 6 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £8.50
- Fri 7 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £8.50
- Sat 8 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £13.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £13.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £13.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £12.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £12.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £13.00
- Mon 17 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £12.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £12.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £12.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £13.00
- Mon 24 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £12.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £12.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £12.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 14:30 — Already performed — £13.00