Local students gifted the opportunity to view Stratford’s Something Rotten!

Tim MacDonald, local teachers partner to expose students to theatrical arts

October 22, 2026 @ 7:18 amArts & Entertainment, Listowel Banner, News

Above are Listowel District Secondary School Grade 7 and 8 students in front of the Stratford Festival Theatre last month. Students had the opportunity to see the play Something Rotten! as part of a partnership between Tim MacDonald, Tyler Schaefer, and the Stratford theatre. (Kelsey Bent photo)

STRATFORD – What do you get when you mix a Shakespearean play with a musical? You get Something Rotten!, on stage now at the Stratford Festival Theatre until Nov. 15. Something Rotten! is a musical comedy set in the late 1500s in Renaissance London, England. The story follows two playwrights – who happen to also…

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Kelsey Bent is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with Midwestern Newspapers.