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Tracy Gentles

Tracy Gentles is Artistic Director and CEO of SICK! Festival, an international arts and health festival based in Manchester, UK, that creates bold, care-driven programmes challenging stigma, promoting wellbeing, and inspiring change. A working-class woman of colour she connects local communities to national and global conversations, commissioning work that examines personal and societal experiences of health, identity, and inequality.

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19th August 2025
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SICK! Festival's Artistic Director: "The world’s facing big challenges, but we’re also seeing people come together and support each other."

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