The Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Krakow

Krzysztof Głuchowski General and Artistic Director

‘We must do something that depends on us, given that there is so much happening that doesn't depend on anyone.’

Every day I repeat these words from Stanisław Wyspiański’s Liberation to myself like a mantra before I face another day of my passion and madness, namely my adventure with the Słowacki Theatre. It is a beautiful place – divine, challenging and demanding. It doesn't leave anyone indifferent, you don't just come here to do your job. Actually, you don't even have to come here at all, as in reality you never leave.

To balance things out, I can also quietly quote another author – Jerzy Trela: 'Theatre is not Vietnam'.

Biography

Citizen of Krakow since 1986. Graduate of the Faculty of Acting at the National Academy of Theatre Arts in Krakow (diploma performance: Excerpts from Robert Musil's ‘The Man Without Qualities’, directed by Krystian Lupa). He made his debut in 1991 at the Helena Modrzejewska Old Theatre in Krakow in Rainer Maria Rilke's 'Malte or the Triptych of the Prodigal Son', directed by Krystian Lupa.

For almost thirty years, he has served as a curator and organiser of exhibitions, theatre producer (productions directed by Krystian Lupa, Krzysztof Warlikowski, Jan Peszek and others), film and television producer, film distributor and a festival producer. The first director of the 'Bunkier Sztuki' (Art Bunker) Contemporary Art Gallery and the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology.

Co-organiser of the International Film Festival Era New Horizons (T-Mobile New Horizons, New Horizons) in Cieszyn and Wrocław, Katowice's Off Festival, the International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Camera Krakow, the International Theatre Festival Divine Comedy, and others. As of 2019, President of the Stanisław Wyspiański Association.

Since September 2016, General and Artistic Director of the J. Słowacki Theatre in Kraków, where he directed the play 'Born by BONEY M.'. Actor in the productions 'Act of Killing' directed by Jan Klata and in 'Forefathers' Eve' directed by Maja Kleczewska. Winner of the Zygmunt Hübner Award THEATRE PERSONALITY 2023.