Bag search

That's not right. Even if random searches had been made on the males it would have been something.

Do they assume more women are terrorists than men?

Maybe they had had a tip-off.

I've had my bag searched at the theatre in Eastbourne, there was a notice stating that bag searches would take place. No searches of men. This was at a sixties music concert so mainly people of a "certain age"! Bit surprised about the search to be honest as we've been going to all 3 Eastbourne theatres for years and never been searched before.
When I asked what they were looking for they told me alcohol!

Aha! so nothing to do with security....just want to make sure they have higher bar sales.

That's what I was going to say Suesocks, it would be for alcohol.
We go to theatres in Manchester often and security only ever look in handbags.

My bag's been searched numerous times in London, even in museums etc. and men's bags are searched as well - no body searches for anyone though (so far anyway ?)
The worst one now is no bags are allowed at all at certain concerts - my friend took hers to the Rolling Stones and had to hand it over for the duration - caused mayhem apparently because hundreds of people had not seen the warning when they booked online.