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Chris Sonnex

“My role in this industry is to humanise it”

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Chris Sonnex. Photo: Cesare De Giglio

Chris Sonnex. Photo: Cesare De Giglio

Cardboard Citizens artistic director Chris Sonnex tells Natasha Tripney about changing the conversation around homelessness and expanding the company’s mission

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