Young Marx at the new Bridge theatre

I'm both looking forward to retirement and despairing of ever getting there! It just struck me as funny - wasn't intended to be terribly ageist. 

I would guess he is in fact closer to forty than thirty. His linkedin shows that he left university in 2002.

Well I came in here to see if there were any interesting comments on the play, I have discovered through in-depth analysis of Andrezej Lukowski's interview that if he's an adolescent then I must be an actual child! (from our vague acquaintance, and some educated guesswork I'd say he's 37ish just FYI) But nice to see nobody under 50 is entitled to an opinion.

Anyway nice to hear the theatre is nice and the loos are in working order...

Gender neutral?

The problem with the recent rise of gender neutral toilets in theatres is that they aren't. The theatres want to appear like they're doing the right thing, but they've still got toilets-with-urinals denoted by stick-figure-in-trousers and toilets-without-urinals denoted by stick-figure-in-skirt. I guess it helps NBs and recent transitions feel seen, but until they just go "these are the toilets, no stick figures or different hardware, use 'em or piss yourself", the gender neutrality of toilets will always be a half-hearted affair. And considering how much quicker urinal users are than cubicle users, we are a looooong way off from genuinely gender neutral toilets (apart from the single tatty cubicle at the old Union theatre, that was truly unisex).

The 'new' Union toilets are positively sumptuous, worthy of a boutique hotel.

Must be south of the river with a big development going on. Battersea probably.

I went on Weds and sat in one of those seats in the stalls on the aisle that are ‘fold-down’. Was very good for view and absolutely fine for comfort (I’m a short 5’2” but being on the aisle also meant a bit more space). Don’t think I’d necessarily want to sit through Angels in America for two consecutive parts but i’d definitely book them again

Having not been to the Bridge yet, I'm working off what I've seen in reviews. oughttobeclowns.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/thoughts-on-visit-to-bridge-theatre.html And that looks like a trouser-wearing stick man to me. All the combined symbol really says when used in conjunction with other symbols - be they stick figures or Mars/Venus or whatever else - is "we want you to feel welcome at our theatre if you don't fit into any sort of gender binary", but the toilets are still binary. It's a gesture, nothing more. And there's nothing fundamentally wrong with a well-meaning gesture, but if you want me to admire your commitment to gender neutral toilets, then you need to actually make gender neutral toilets.

In fairness to the theatres, I think they're aiming for trans-inclusive - presumably at least partially in reponse to the US bathroom bans - rather than fully gender-neutral. So it's a bit lame for people who identify as non-binary, but it does reassure someone who has transitioned/is transitioning (and maybe isn't that confident) that the theatre will have their back if some idiot punter decides it's more important to police the toilets than to just let people pee in peace.

Yes and I think that's a really big and great step. Because really it's not about the erm logistics of peeing where (got want of a better phrase) it's about "The management here have your back if some idiot decides to decide for you where you pee"

It's also all part of a process- nowhere is going to magically figure out all the inclusivity over night (for established buildings/organisations more so rather than new ones like The Bridge who at least are starting fresh) but if people can see a commitment to trying to be supportive/welcoming well that's a good start.