Not enough toilets in theatres. For women

The research by The Stage calculated that women would need a 57-minute interval to all visit the bathroom. The average interval is 20 minutes

But the entire female audience isn't going to need to go to the loo in the interval. I usually go before the performance starts. I can sit at home or at work without needing a loo break after 40 -60 minutes so not sure why sitting on a theatre seat would be any different.

At one occasion at the Old Vic when I was there a member of staff directed women to use the gents. I can't recall if they stopped men going in at all or said they weren't to use the urinals. Tbh I really don't see the need to have separate men's and women's facilities at venues like theatres where there is a very high number and turnover of users in a very short time- span.

Glasgow Theatre Royal has installed unusex lockable cubicles with heavy doors and floor to ceiling walls with mirror and basin.

The Donmar warehouse - recently reurbished in Central London has two. Two cubicles. Who planned that I wonder?

This is a problem everywhere including the newly renovated and refurbished theatre in our town. It seems to be that because men don't need as much space, it's unreasonable to provide it for people who are not men, even though we make up more than half the population.

What I mean is that whenever it comes up in conversation the response seems to be "well you do need more space than men so of course you'll have fewer facilities within the same size space" when actually the approach should be "women require more space so give them more space".

This is one reason why single use cubicles are not a solution for the 'problem' of women's toilets not being mixed sex. You cant fit enough in to meet the need.