SOMETHING wicked this way comes in Rainbow Shakespeare’s open-air season at the Royal Observatory Garden in Greenwich.

This summer prepare yourself to be very afraid when actor Lee Payne breathes new ambition and terror into the role of the Scottish tyrant Macbeth.

For something lighter, check out the Bard's classic comedy Twelfth Night on August 11 to August 15.

Macbeth. August 4 to August 8. Royal Observatory Garden, Greenwich Park. Call the Greenwich Theatre box office on 020 8858 7755.