The Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Krakow

Maciej Jackowski actor

I believe that certain decisions, such as what I will do in my life, are made beyond me. This was the case thirty years ago, when I felt very strongly that theatre was the world I needed, and wanted to inhabit. This may have been a coincidence, but I suddenly realised this truth about myself while sitting in the auditorium of this very theatre – the J. Słowacki Theatre – as a high school student.

Biography

Born in 1966, graduate of the PWST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Krakow. In the years 1989-1992 he worked at the Stefan Jaracz Theatre in Łódź.

Since 1992 he has been an actor at the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre, which cast him in: Nikolai Gogol’s Dead Souls directed by Walery Fokin (1993), Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard directed by Mikołaj Grabowski (1994), Wolfgang Hildesheimer’s Mary Stuart directed by Waldemar Zawodziński (1996), Ramón María del Valle-Inclán’s Divine Words directed by Bartosz Szydłowski (1998), Peter Handke’s The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other directed by Piotr Cieślak (1999), Anton Chekhov’s Platonov directed by Grzegorz Wiśniewski (2000), Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot directed by Barbara Sass (2002), Albert Camus’ Caligula directed by Agata Duda-Gracz, whom he worked with as an assistant (2003), StanisławWyspiański’s The Wedding directed by Bodolay (2007), Władysław Reymont’s The Promised Land directed by Wojciech Kościelniak (2011), Josheph Kesselring’s Arsenic and Old Lace directed by Krzysztof Babicki (2014), StanisławWyspiański’s Liberation directed by Radosław Rychcik (2017).

The actor has also played numerous roles in the Television Theatre and in film productions, e.g. in Trzy dni bez wyroku [Three Days Without Conviction] directed by Wojciech Wójcik (1991).