Gamayun Theatre is an international artist-led theatre company that splices together the East and West of theatre styles, taking inspiration from other cultures to create unique performances and tell stories relevant to the modern multi-cultural societies.
WHAT WE DO:
Established in 2019 by Asya Sosis, a Ukrainian-born international theatre director, Gamayun Theatre is dedicated to telling vivid, other-worldly stories for the modern multi-cultural society.
WHAT IS GAMAYUN:
In Slavic mythology Gamayun is a half-bird half-woman that lives in Heavens and knows all that was, all that is and all that will be. It sometimes descends into the world of humans to sing its beautiful song that brings true happiness to men, or to impart wisdom in the form of a riddle.
Anastasiya (Asya) Sosis
Artistic Director
Born in Ukraine, Asya came to the UK to study Practical Filmmaking at Met Film School, but eventually realised her passion lies with theatre. She directed Cockroaches , an adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s play “Flight”, about the hardships of finding your true home in a war-torn country; the show participated in Camden Fringe 2016, Edinburgh Fringe 2017, and further had a run in Etcetera Theatre, London in 2018. Asya was then invited to direct The Crucible in English for Kyiv National Academic Young Theatre (Molodyy Theatre) in Ukraine in 2018, which went on to participate in Pro.Act Fest 2019, an English-language theatre festival in Kyiv, Ukraine, where it had great success.
In 2019 Asya set up Gamayun Theatre, and went on to direct DRAGON, a play by Eugene Schwartz about the tyrannies inside our hearts. During lockdowns in 2020-2021 she worked on The Rubber Merchants, a musical tragic farce about chances not taken.
In 2023 Asya completed an MA in Creative Producing at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
She is currently working on several new projects as both Porducer and Director.