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Soundhouse: Harben Kay: Space for Dreaming

Traverse TheatreEdinburgh

28 November 2026 · 15:00

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For our first Soundhouse Winter Festival Special Commission we are delighted to welcome Harben Kay with a dynamic new piece of music. Space for Dreaming pushes back against the modern anxiety of relentless, hyper-visible creative production. Instead, it asks what happens when we take time to share, reflect, and dream. What can we hear when we slow down and take space? Harben will work with both old and new collaborators for this specially constructed band featuring a wealth of vibrant contemporary talent as well as unconventional instrumentation. The ensemble’s elaboration on a traditional jazz trio with the inclusion of tuba, guitar, voice and flute brings exciting challenges to the composition process. Rather than being a limitation, the unusual line up invites playfulness and responsiveness within the ensemble – and in Harben’s writing. The group all come from a broad range of musical