Something Rotten!: Hard to be the Bard (Music Video) | Stratford Festival 2026

📯 All the way from Stratford (upon-Avon), please welcome the quill-wielding, ruff-rocking, sonnet-dropping superstar himself: William Shakespeare, with his chart-topping hit "Hard to be the Bard." ⚡ In honour of Shakespeare's Birthday, and with Something Rotten! gearing up to storm the Festival stage this season, we're rewinding to this absolute treasure: Jeff Lillico serving full Renaissance pop-idol energy as Shakespeare, backed by The Bard Boys (Gabriel Antonacci, Devon Michael Brown, Anthony MacPherson and Jason Sermonia). Enjoy tickets from $45 to selected performances of The Tempest and Othello to celebrate the genius of Shakespeare along with us. As a bonus, selected performances of Something Rotten! are also included in the Bard's Birthday Sale! 🥳 But hurry, this deal ends at 11:59pm on April 27, 2026: https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/offe... #ShakespeareBirthday #SomethingRotten #SFRotten #SFTempest #SFOthello The Stratford Festival’s 2026 Season: THIS ROUGH MAGIC Book your tickets 1.800.567.1600 | http://www.stratfordfestival.ca Festival Theatre: THE TEMPEST GUYS AND DOLLS SOMETHING ROTTEN! WAITING FOR GODOT Avon Theatre: DEATH OF A SALESMAN THE HOBBIT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY Tom Patterson Theatre: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM OTHELLO THE TAO OF THE WORLD Studio Theatre: THE KING JAMES BIBLE PLAY _________________________________________________ What’s On ► https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/What... Stratfest@Home ► https://www.stratfestathome.ca/ STAY CONNECTED Subscribe on YouTube ►    / @stratfordfestival   Facebook ►   / stratfordfestival   Instagram ►   / stratfest   TikTok ►   / stratfordfestival   LinkedIn ►   / stratford-festival   Bluesky ► https://bsky.app/profile/stratfest.bs... _________________________________________________ The Stratford Festival has been setting the standard for classical theatre in North America for more than 70 years. With the works of Shakespeare at its core, this acclaimed repertory theatre presents a seven-month season of a dozen or more plays in four unique venues, in the beautiful setting of Stratford, Ontario, Canada. It is known for revolutionizing theatre performance in the 20th century by creating the first open or thrust stage of the modern era. This stage, not seen since Shakespeare’s time, offers incredible intimacy with each seat given proximity to the stage. More than 30 million people have attended the Stratford Festival since its founding, flocking to this small Canadian town for unparalleled theatrical experiences. The Stratford Festival captures many of its productions and offers them to the world through its streaming platform, Stratfest@Home.