[1] He debuted in 1957, directing an adaptation of the play Bal manekinów by Bruno Jasieński at Silesian Theatre.
[2] Since 1961 he worked as a regular director for National Stary Theatre in Kraków, where on 21 July 1961, he first presented an adaptation of Françoise Sagan's Château en Suède.
He mostly looked for an inspiration in contemporary literature, among his favourite authors were Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller, Sławomir Mrożek, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Witold Gombrowicz, Tadeusz Różewicz, Anton Chekhov and Vladimir Mayakovsky.
In 1977 he received Konrad Swinarski Award for directing King Lear at Dramatic Theatre of Warsaw.
Jarocki was decorated with Officier's Cross of the Polonia Restituta in 1987 and with Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis in 2007.