Ubisoft is bringing Assassin's Creed off the screen and onto the stage with Heredis, a two-hour theatrical production that blends acrobatics, combat choreography, and parkour within immersive set pieces inspired by the video game franchise.
The show will feature performers from Les 7 Doights, a circus and acrobatic company known for high-energy productions. Ubisoft describes the experience as a "spectacular" showcase of "urban parkour, choreographed combat and physical feats within large-scale immersive environments" drawn from the games.
The narrative follows a young man on a quest to find his father, who vanished years earlier. On his 25th birthday, he receives a mysterious letter that draws him into the HEREDIS program, launching "a journey across centuries." That description, combined with promotional artwork showing a character leaping through an Ancient Greek setting reminiscent of Assassin's Creed Odyssey, has sparked speculation among franchise enthusiasts about deeper connections to the game series' lore.
Desmond Miles, the original modern-day protagonist of the Assassin's Creed games, had a child before his death at the end of Assassin's Creed 3. The games themselves largely moved past Desmond's storyline after that, though Assassin's Creed Valhalla included a teasing callback to the character. However, the franchise's canon expanded through the Assassin's Creed: Uprising comic series, which introduces his son, Elijah. The stage show's description of a son searching for his missing father raises the possibility that the production could explore that thread, potentially moving Elijah's story forward into adulthood.
A theatrical adaptation could work as a "greatest hits" experience, weaving together iconic locations and moments from across the franchise's history while telling an original narrative. This format would allow the production to feature beloved settings and characters while maintaining creative freedom for the show's storyline.
Heredis debuts in Montreal on December 3 at Théâtre Maisonneuve. The production then launches a world tour beginning in January 2027, opening at Casino de Paris in France on January 21.
Author Emily Chen: "The leap from interactive gameplay to live performance is ambitious, but if any video game franchise has the visual spectacle and parkour DNA to pull off a stage show, it's Assassin's Creed."
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