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chrisball
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I blame the designers. Give a designer an inch and he or she will take a yard. Perhaps you should all petition SOLT - the Society Of London Toilets . . .
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Total Posts: 99 | Joined Feb. 2002 | Posted on: 6:21 pm on June 19, 2002 | IP
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mmebahorel
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Many men, even when sober, have problems aiming. Let's put it that way.
The best solution I've seen thus far has been at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. They have two handicapped toilets on the level, then in the basement they've been able to expand the women's toilet to something along the order of thirty stalls, and there are ushers to facilitate the process of determining if one really did open up down at the end or not.
The construction of the theatre really determines what sort of renovations of that sort can be done, especially in historically listed buildings like the Auditorium and quite a few theatres in London. Sometimes the way the building is held up makes it difficult to carve in areas for additional toilets.
Such is the difficulty of being female.
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Total Posts: 59 | Joined Feb. 2002 | Posted on: 8:08 pm on June 19, 2002 | IP
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Kathryn
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OK, all you seasoned theatregoers. Which London theatre wins the SOLT award for Best Female Ablution Provision?
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Total Posts: 27 | Joined April 2002 | Posted on: 8:16 pm on June 19, 2002 | IP
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chrisball
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The Barbican Theatre . . .
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Total Posts: 99 | Joined Feb. 2002 | Posted on: 2:17 pm on June 20, 2002 | IP
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Kathryn
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Yes I was thinking of the Barbican too;( better toilets, legroom, air conditioning...) But modern theatres will always have the edge as far as basic comfort is concerned. People weren't so picky in the olden days.
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Total Posts: 27 | Joined April 2002 | Posted on: 3:32 pm on June 20, 2002 | IP
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Lucy
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Well Chris! You seem to be the leading expert on female toilet facilities...interesting
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Total Posts: 73 | Joined Mar. 2002 | Posted on: 4:20 pm on June 20, 2002 | IP
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nicol
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The Barbican??? It's one of the worst, and their interval is usually only 15 minutes. The queues spring up quicker than Beckham's hair, and there are no local bars nearby to escape into.
The way the seating is laid out, unless you're on the end of the row and can make a quick exit I defy anyone to manage both a drink and the ladies. Of course it helps if you have a handy male available to queue for your drink...
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Total Posts: 34 | Joined Feb. 2002 | Posted on: 5:10 pm on June 20, 2002 | IP
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mmebahorel
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Ah, but see, the drink is what necessitates the ladies, so they're trying to keep traffic to a minimum after the show as well *g*.
Considering what they have to work with, I think the Palace does a fair job of wedging in as many stalls as possible. The National should have been built with larger facilities -- three stalls on each side isn't really enough for the Olivier, and I've not braved either of the other two. The Cottesloe foyer is awful, though. I hate crowds. So many are so narrow, though -- it's impossible for people to be washing their hands and have others get through to the stalls. Drury Lane, Apollo Victoria, Palladium . . . feel free to add to the list. Most American restrooms are constructed so that the toilets and the sinks are in separate rooms, which makes it much easier to wash your hands and to access the stalls. I think it's another function of having so many new theatres in the US, though. I mean, the oldest theatre in Chicago is the Auditorium, and it was built with electric lights in 1887. So you kind of expect that it would be rather differently constructed than the Drury Lane.
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Total Posts: 59 | Joined Feb. 2002 | Posted on: 8:17 am on June 21, 2002 | IP
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Lucy
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The National is brilliant! The theatres all have intervals at different times. Just nip up (or down) the stairs to the other theatre's facilities. I've never queued there!
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Total Posts: 73 | Joined Mar. 2002 | Posted on: 1:28 pm on June 21, 2002 | IP
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chrisball
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I've never queued at the Barbican, and the bar is right above the loos! Nicol - I think it takes longer because the average age of the Barbican theatregoer is around 103.
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Total Posts: 99 | Joined Feb. 2002 | Posted on: 2:33 pm on June 21, 2002 | IP
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Auditorium temperature