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Hans Kellett (born 1977) is a playwright, actor, cabaret artist, singer and songwriter from New Zeeland based in Berlin, Germany.

He is know for his performances as the character Princess Hans, which is also the name of his band he formed together with the German musician Jörg Hochapfel.

https://www.princessinhans.de/ The band has released several records on bandcamp and also contributes to the soundtrack in the film Julia, by German photographer and film director J. Jackie Baier. https://princessinhans.bandcamp.com/album/because-you-wouldnt-play-tennis-with-freddy-2

As a performance artist Princess Hans has performed extensively in different music and performance venues in Berlin and also internationally at Moulin Rouge in Berlin and Warehouse9 in Copenhagen.

Hans is educated as an actor and playwright from Auckland University and in 1998 they received the New  Zealand Young Playwrights’ literary prize.

In 2001 they moved to Berlin and became a core member of the literary cabaret troupe O-Ton Ute. They regularly write music and perform with the French dance ensemble La Zouze. In 2010 they appeared in Paris’ Moulin Rouge and were described by the French presse as “the perfect hybrid of Pamela Anderson and Rasputin”. Since 2014  they have contributed a regular column to the Berlin city magazine Siegessäule,  and are a events manager and member of the Schokoladen residential and culture centre in Berlin Mitte.