Hans Peter Heinzl

Hans Peter Heinzl was an Austrian Kabarettist and entertainer who was discovered by the ORF in 1977. With co-author Peter Orthofer he wrote more than twenty Kabarett programmes and accompanied his numbers himself at the piano. His first programme was Unwiderruflich zum ersten Mal; others include Spott sei Dank, Lex Minister and Idioten an die Macht. In 1984 he opened his own stage, the K&K-Theater am Naschmarkt, where Helmut Qualtinger and Cissy Kraner also appeared. On radio and television he was known for Wendelin Grübel, Zeit am Spieß and Quiz in Rot-Weiß-Rot, and he co-hosted the ARD Astro Show with Elizabeth Teissier.