Images: Ubisoft Press
By Jon Donnis
A bold new live production is preparing to step into the spotlight, merging the energy of circus performance with the storytelling power of gaming. HEREDIS brings together circus artists, acrobats, actors and dancers in a two hour stage experience inspired by the world of Assassin’s Creed.
The project unites major creative forces across industries. Ubisoft joins with The 7 Fingers, alongside partners La Tribu, Behaviour Interactive and Décibels Productions. According to Nassib El Husseini, the aim is to push beyond traditional boundaries and create something that sits between live performance and interactive storytelling.
Directed by Sébastien Soldevila, the production draws on a team of Montreal based talent. Writers, choreographers, composers and designers combine their work to shape a fully immersive world. The creative roster includes Olivier Kemeid, Geneviève Dorion-Coupal and Maxim Lepage, alongside specialists in staging, lighting, costume and physical performance.
On stage, seventeen performers deliver a high intensity mix of acrobatics, parkour, choreographed combat and physical theatre. The action unfolds within large scale visual environments inspired by the Assassin’s Creed universe, shifting across different historical settings and time periods as the story progresses.
At the centre of HEREDIS is an original narrative. A young man, marking his twenty fifth birthday, receives a mysterious letter that draws him into the HEREDIS programme. His search for a father who vanished years earlier becomes the catalyst for a journey that moves through centuries, blending personal stakes with a wider historical backdrop.
For Ubisoft, the production represents a fresh way to expand the reach of the franchise. Aymar Azaïzia describes it as an opportunity to connect with audiences beyond gaming, while still respecting the tone and depth of the original material. Soldevila himself points to the series as a natural fit for the stage, given its physicality and rich historical layers.
HEREDIS will premiere at Théâtre Maisonneuve in Montreal from 3 December 2026, marking the start of an international tour. The production then moves to Casino de Paris in Paris from 21 January 2027, signalling the next stage in what is planned as a global run.
The result is a stage production that aims to translate a well known interactive world into something immediate and physical, where movement, spectacle and story carry the experience in front of a live audience.
Théâtre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts: from 3rd December, 2026
Casino de Paris: from 21st January, 2027
Co-production: The 7 Fingers, La Tribu, Behaviour Interactive, Décibels Productions
Duration: 95 minutes + intermission
Website: HEREDISSHOW.COM
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