Under a single roof it houses concert rooms, theatres, cinemas, art galleries and a wonderful public library, as well as service facilities including three restaurants and a bookshop.
It is the playgoers, the RSC contends, who bring in much of the town's revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights) pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants.
It's a new part of a tourist attraction that also features scenic waterfalls and a restaurant in a cave which " stalagmite" be pretty good if you know what I'm saying.