CHILDREN’S TV classic Count Duckula is going live on stage for the very first time… and is coming to Grays.

Families can join in the action packed adventure as Duckula, Nanny and Igor race against time to solve the clues and find the long lost treasure - the Jewels of Duckula.

Duckula, unable to pay the bills and the bailiffs looming to take his ancestral home, stumbles across an old map of the castle that shows the location of a hidden gem, long thought to be lost.

So it’s a race against time for Duckula, and the audience, to go on a treasure hunt to solve the clues that lead to the hidden treasure, buried deep within the castle, before the stroke of midnight when his time will have run out.

Count Duckula isnt any old duck though, and he’s anything but “dreadful”. As avegetarian, Duckula is more interested in broccoli than blood, and whose only desire is to be a star entertainer!

With songs, games and tons of fun, it’s the perfect show for all the family.

The show takes place on Tuesday, February 16, at 2pm. For tickets go to thurrock.gov.uk/events or call 0845 300 5264