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Assassin’s Creed is being adapted for theatre by a former Cirque du Soleil director, offering two hours of parkour across several eras

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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

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…

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…

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