May 6, 2026
Assassin's Creed is being adapted for theatre by a former Cirque du Soleil director, offering two hours of parkour across several eras
Assassin's Creed has left the scruffy underworld of Gaming behind and crept into the gilt-swigging realm of Theatre. Ubisoft have partnered with a former Cirque du Soleil and Olympics ceremony director to create Heredis: Echoes of the Past - a two hour stage production defined by "acrobatics, urban parkour, choreographed combat, and physical feats within large-scale immersive visual environments". It'll be set in dif...
Assassin's Creed has left the scruffy underworld of Gaming behind and crept into the gilt-swigging realm of Theatre. Ubisoft have partnered with a former Cirque du Soleil and Olympics ceremony director to create Heredis: Echoes of the Past - a two hour stage production defined by "acrobatics, urban parkour, choreographed combat, and physical feats within large-scale immersive visual environments". It'll be set in different time periods, and is "inspired by the world and themes" of the videogame series, rather than being a work of AC canon. Also involved for some reason: Behaviour Interactive, developers of Dead by Daylight . I guess they know a thing or two about adaptations, in the sense of making very different licenses stab each other with hooks. Read more
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