HOPING the weather isn't as stormy as the Bard's play, the Oxford Shakespeare Company will be staging The Tempest in the gardens of Greenwich's Royal Observatory next month.

The play, which is 400 years old this year, will be staged in the round and explores the familiar themes of freedom, revenge and the redemptive power of love.

The Tempest. Royal Observatory, Greenwich Park. June 21 to June 25 and June 29 to July 3. 020 7609 1800.