Mother, writer and actor Angela Garwood meets some of the women behind baby-friendly comedy clubs. Dotted across the green velvet seats at the Phoenix Theatre in Bordon, Hampshire, are a gaggle of mums, babies and some decidedly judgmental toddlers. I’m co-hosting Every Other Mother, a baby-friendly event for mums combining stand-up comedy, poetry, short stories and other creative writing. These events are “like a lifeline” according to one mother who attended Bring Your Own Baby Comedy shows when her son, now eight, was little. Bring Your Own Baby comedy shows are among the more established events on the scene, born in 2016 from what founders Alyssa Kyria and Carly Smallman call a “drunken idea” over a bottle of bubbly.