The Schuman Show is Europe’s answer to US late night shows and Saturday Night Live. Our show was born out of the wish to reform the storytelling about the European Union and to ensure that people know what’s going on in Brussels, the heart of European power, by making it funny and accessible. While European countries might have their own televised satire at the national level, we do not have an EU
comedy news equivalent - and this is the gap we are trying to fill! The cast is made up of journalists, improvisers, actors, consultants, and former EU officials who believe that comedy is the key to bringing the EU closer to the people – and to hold it to account. Next to our monthly show, we’ve also begun producing videos in which we use humour to feature investigative stories on EU affairs, entitled The Schuman Files. We believe satire covering the ins and outs of the most diverse political machinery in the world would go a long way to introducing European citizens to what on earth the EU is all about, especially in a time when populism is on the rise and participation in European Elections is at an all time low. By the end of 2022, we received funding from 3 journalism-based grants to help us film and put our work online, entertaining and informing more people of the goings on in the capital of the EU and why it matters. The Schuman Show’s aim is to burst (out of) the Brussels bubble – by bringing the people and the politics of the EU to life!
