Rubbish repurposed – for fun. Unique playground reopens in London
Tubes from a bandage factory and a Bafta red carpet are among the reworked materials at Replay
An adventure playground that doubles as an art installation has reopened for the summer at the Southbank Centre in London.
Replay is a space built entirely out of waste materials that have been given a new lease of life by the Hull-based Herd Theatre. “We reached out to theatres, events companies, factories and businesses and asked them if they had anything that was headed for the bin or collecting dust on a shelf,” said Ruby Thompson from Herd.
Replay is a space built entirely out of waste materials that have been given a new lease of life by the Hull-based Herd Theatre. Image: Arnaud Mbaki
“The response was huge. We were given backdrops from fashion shows like Alexander McQueen, props from TV adverts, fabric from bag manufacturers, hundreds of tubes from a bandage factory, and the actual red carpet from the Bafta Television Awards.”
We reached out to theatres, events companies, factories and businesses and asked them if they had anything that was headed for the bin
Visitors to Replay will also hear a score made from ‘recycled sounds’ – noises made by the waste the team collected – as well as audio from local families, and noises from the Southbank Centre itself, including the sound of a ticket being scanned.
Tickets to the playground are from £7.50 and it will be open until 1 June.
Main image: REPLAY. Southbank Centre. Pete Woodhead
This article was amended on March 18 to remove a reference to entry to the Replay playground being free, and to clarify the cost of tickets. The Southbank Centre apologised for an error in its press information, which led to the error in our article