Alice Rose Palmer: Playing Sparkle in A Christmas Sparkle at Pocklington Arts Centre
ALICE Rose Palmer and Joe Parker will be the cast for Pocklington Arts Centre’s Christmas production, A Christmas Sparkle, from December 11 to 24.
Marking the fourth collaboration between playwright Elizabeth Godber and PAC, the festive show will take families on a new adventure with best friends Sparkle and Fitz as they search for the Sugar Plum Fairy and Sparkle’s true destiny.
Cue festive magic, songs and local references aplenty in Godber’s third Christmas show at PAC, following 2025’s Jingle All The Way and 2024’s Jack Frost’s Christmas Wish.
In the fairy grotto, everyone has a role and knows what they have to do: from the secretary fairies to the tooth fairies, the Christmas tree fairies to the famous Sugar Plum Fairy! Everyone, that is, except for Sparkle, who does not know what type of fairy she is.
A Christmas Sparkle playwright Elizabeth Godber
Pocklington Arts Centre director Kelly Munro-Fawcett says: “We’re really excited to bring A Christmas Sparkle to PAC this year. We want to create more opportunities for local children and families to experience live theatre and creativity at PAC. We hope you’ll make our Christmas show part of your family tradition and join us for some fun, creativity and sparkle this December.”
Alice Rose Palmer, a multi-faceted performer from Hull, will play Sparkle. Her theatre credits include Isabelle (Middle Child Theatre), How To Be Brave (Other Lives Productions), Beverley Does Broadway, Bombshells and It’s Different For Girls (She Productions), as well as Toad On The Wolds (East Riding Theatre).
Alice is co-artistic director of She Productions, where she has co-written and performed in 15 original shows.
Joe Parker will play Fitz. His extensive theatre credits include Robin Hood (The Dukes Theatre), Prince Charming in Cinderella (CAST Doncaster), Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet (Teatro Stabile Verona), Laertes/Rosencrantz/Player in Hamlet (Iris Theatre), John Thorpe in Northanger Abbey (Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds/UK tour) and Hotspur in Henry IV (Waterloo East Theatre).
Joe Parker: Cast as Fitz in A Christmas Sparkle at Pocklington Arts Centre
Among his television credits are Stevo in The Baby (Sky/HBO) and Archie Campbell in Doctors (BBC), alongside short film credits including A Dog’s Life, Safe, Drifting and Compulsion and radio work for BBC Radio 4.
Joining Elizabeth Godber in the creative team for A Christmas Sparkle are director Millie Gaston, producer Kelly Munro-Fawcett and stage manager Siobhan Ashton. Dylan Allcock returns as musical director after taking on the role for last winter’s Jingle All The Way.
A Christmas Sparkle, Pocklington Arts Centre, December 11 to 13, then December 19 to 24, including a special relaxed performance with British Sign Language interpretation on Sunday, December 13 at 10.30am.
Performances: December 11, 7.30pm; December 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23, 10.30am & 2.30pm; December 24, 10.30am. Box office: 01759 301547 or pocklingtonartscentre.co.uk.
The poster for Elizabeth Godber’s A Christmas Sparkle at Pocklington Arts Centre