Stage director
Born in 1968, Norbert Rakowski is a graduate of the Acting Department of the State Collage of Theatrical Arts (1994). In 2001 received his diploma in Directing from the Academy of Theatrical Arts in Warsaw. Initially he studied music, but later abandoned this area when he was admitted to the Acting Department. Before graduating, he had debuted as an actor in the Warsaw theatres Szwedzka2/4 and The Small Theatre. At the National Overview of Theatrical Diploma Productions (Łód, 1994), he received the Theatre Critic’s Best Actor Award. In 1994 he joined a company of actors named the Współczesny Theatre in Warsaw. Later, he played several parts in TV Theatres and collaborated with a number of directors, including Filip Bajon, Izabela Cywińska, Krystian Lupa, Piotr Mikucki, Maciej Englert, Volker Schloendorf, Maciej Wojtyszko, and Andrzej Wajda. Since 1997, he has worked as an assistant director of TV theatres and a feature film (dir. F. Falk), and as a director of documentary films. In July 1999 he debuted as a theatre director with his original production Suddenly for the Studio Theatre in Warsaw, and in February 2001 he staged his diploma production of Robert Anderson’s Solitaire for the Współczesny Theatre in Warsaw. Since then, he has prepared more than thirty plays. From 2015 he is the General and Artistic Director of JK Opole Theatre.
Directed Performances
Doubt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Patrick Shanley . . . Theatre Ślaski / Katowice 2018
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ivan Wyrypajew . . . Modern Theater/ Szczecin 2018
The Last One Turn Off The Lights. . . . . . . Vojtech Stepanek . . . The Kochanowski’s Theatre / Opole 2017
Celebration / Festen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.Rukov & T.Vinterberg . . . The Kochanowski’s Theatre / Opole 2016
The Cherry Orchard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Chekhov . . . Theater im.St.Jaracza / Olsztyn 2016
The Coronation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marek Modzelewski . . . Divadlo Komedie / Praque 2015
An hour of peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Florian Zeller . . . Modern Theater / Szczecin 2015
The Misanthrope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moliere . . . Theatre im. W. Horzycy / Torun 2014
The Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mikołaj Gogol . . . Theatre im.W.Bogusławskiego / Kalisz 2013
The Idiot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fiodor Dostojewski . . . Stage Sarego 7 of Theatre Bagatela / Krakow 2013
Gossip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francis Veber . . . Theatre im.W.Bogusławskiego / Kalisz 2012
Inscription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerard Sibleyras . . . Theatre im.W.Bogusławskiego / Calisia 2011
Merylin/Slingshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nikolay Kolada . . . The Aleksander Zelwerowicz Theatre Academy / Warsaw 2011
Dead Man’s Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Ruhl . . . Modern Theater / Szczecin 2011
Murder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hanoch Levin . . . Theater Nowy / Łódź 2011
Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maksym Kuroczkin . . . Theater Nowy / Łódź 2010
Beautiful Helena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacque Offenbach . . . Opera na Zamku / Szczecin 2009
Elling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Axel Hellstenius . . . Theater im.St.Jaracza / Olsztyn 2009
Pocket Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. Garden & C. McLeod . . . Comedy Theater / Warszawa 2009 / Grand Prix – Korczak Festival 2010
Gossip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Francis Veber . . . Theater Powszechny / Łódź 2008 / Golden Mask – Best Director
Inscription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerard Sibleyras . . . Theater im.St.Jaracza / Olsztyn 2007
Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . authorial. . . Stary Browar / Poznań / Fabryka Trzciny 2006
Festen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.Rukov & T.Vinterberg . . . Theater im.W.Horzycy / Toruń 2005
Closer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patric Marber . . . Modern Theater / Szczecin 2005
Testosteron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrzej Saramonowicz . . . Theater Powszechny / Łódź 2004
Bluebeard-Hope For Women. . . . . . . . . . . Dea Loher . . . Theater im.W.Bogusławskiego / Kalisz 2004
Merylin Murlo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nikolay Kolada . . .Theater im.W.Horzycy / Toruń 2004
Gagarin Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gregory Burke . . . Polish Theater / Bielsko-Biała 2003
Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yasmina Reza . . . Theater im.W.Bogusławskiego / Kalisz 2002
Solitaire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Anderson . . . The Modern Theater / Warszawa 2001 / diploma director
Suddenly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . authorial . . . Theater Studio / Warszawa 2000
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