From a young age, Ronald’s humour stood out. It turned out to be a very specific kind: absurd, language‑driven and dry, sometimes teetering on the edge of silliness. It is a form of humour he has learned to live with—and even turned into his profession: “By sharing my humour as much as possible, I hope that, especially among my audience, there will be people who can laugh at it.”

Recurring elements of Snijders’ humour include alliteration at the start of this sentence, offhand one‑liners, alternative songs, chopped‑up dialogues and newly invented words.

Ronald Snijders became famously unknown with De alfabetweter and De AlfabetBeter, his self‑invented dictionaries of made‑up words created with Fedor van Eldijk, as well as Een normaal boek, Een ander boek and, more recently, Geen boek.

• text & performance Ronald Snijders direction Gijsbert van der Wal