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.

Due to be performed in Montreal and Paris from December 2026 to February 2027, Heredis is the story of a guy looking for his father, a quest that leads him to the Heredis program, which I imagine is the show’s equivalent for the Abstergo Animus. The official site (via VGC) claims it’s suitable for children of seven or older. I can only assume they’ve swapped the wrist blades for small foam mallets and are using a lot of red ribbon.

It’s in production at Canadian arts collective The 7 Fingers, aided by the musical talents of La Tribu and Décibels Productions. The director is Sébastien Soldevila, who worked on Cirque du Soleil show Crystal and the Sochi Olympic Opening Ceremony.

As it happens, I was recently invited to a Heredis pre-show that took place entirely in my own mind. It was amazing. The opening act consisted of Ezio Auditore trying to unglue his feet from St. Peter’s Basilica, while a chorus of box carriers squalled “he must be late, and she must be beautiful!” Then, all the Assassin’s Creed protagonists teamed up for a recreation of the Roman senators murdering Caesar, with Desmond Miles playing Caesar.

The second act was a piece of avant garde pantomime, with Kassandra and Basim Ibn Ishaq popping out of haystacks to shout “stealth” and “RPG” at each other. Then came the grand finale, with Freddy Kreuger and Pyramid Head rocking up in a pirate ship to announce that there is no such thing as Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced.

Genuinely, I would probably watch an Assassin’s Creed show in the vein of Cirque du Soleil. I would not even have to be particularly inebriated. For that matter, I wouldn’t mind playing an Assassin’s Creed game that takes heavy inspiration from Cirque du Soleil. Those trapeze artists look like they’d make short work of St. Peter’s Basilica.