Furniture Boys (★★★★ The Guardian) Previews at SoHo Playhouse, Ahead of 2026 Return to Edinburgh Fringe

Emily Weitzman’s solo comedy earned critical acclaim at last year’s Fringe (“Ingenious… shimmeringly silly…ridiculous and revelatory”) -The Guardian ★★★★ Boyfriends are armchairs. Lovers are lampshades. The ex you can’t get over is a futon you can’t quite fold back into place. In Furniture Boys, writer and performer Emily Weitzman conjures an absurd, hilarious and unexpectedly moving world where relationships are reimagined through the objects we live with - and leave behind. Blending spoken word, comedy, clowning, documentary and oral history, the show is set in surreal landscape where Weitzman’s exes are furniture and her memories a cluttered storage room. Comparing boys to ottomans and sofa-beds proves as ridiculous as it is revealing. What begins as pure playful absurdity evolves into a layered exploration of love, loss, and impermanence, exemplified by a beloved broken chair Weitzman can’t quite bring herself to part with.