Manchester International Festival announces expanded team

Diversity champion SIMEILIA HODGE-DALLAWAY (left), founder of Artistic Directors of the Future, has been appointed as Curatorial Consultant at Manchester International Festival to advise on artists, companies and curatorial approaches for the Festival and The Factory. Writer and programmer HANNAH AZIEB POOL (middle) and musician and broadcaster CERYS MATTHEWS (right) have taken roles as Artistic Advisors.