Sarah Vine writes: 'Men may enjoy peeing in front of each other, but women are secretive creatures when it comes to toileting' (stock photo used)Įspecially if, in order to get to one, they have to run a gauntlet of open urinals and then deal with seats covered in suspicious liquids.Īs one female punter put it, 'It's gross and insensitive to share with men' - although not, it would appear, as gross and insensitive as the response of the theatre staff who, when challenged about the arrangement, responded by saying: 'Our toilets are gender neutral. Only trouble is, they forgot that, on the whole, women - or 'cis' women, to give us our ghastly new nomenclature - don't generally like sharing a loo with men. I'm talking about the revered Playhouse Theatre in London, where Eddie Redmayne is currently headlining to rave reviews in Cabaret.įollowing similar moves at the Barbican and the Old Vic, the Playhouse has decided to offer only unisex toilet facilities. Indeed, nothing exemplifies the insanity of the modern world more than the idea that progress equals a line of blokes relieving themselves in full view of the opposite sex on a night out in the West End.Īnd no, I'm not talking about some seedy back-alley in Soho.
The reality of gender-neutral toilets is that, whereas under the old- fashioned ladies and gents system there might have been one or two people who felt a little put out by having to choose, now pretty much everyone feels uncomfortable. The venue has introduced gender neutral toiletsĮxcept, of course, they don't. The Kit Kat Club, taking over the Playhouse Theatre for a production of Cabaret in London.
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