The opera house is the home of Slinky, is the countries largest independent night club which has had over 360,000 people visit its premises in the last year. Over the last couple of years The Opera House has firmly established itself as the number one center of entertainment on the south coast and, in June 1998 was awarded the
"Best Discotheque of the Year" for the South-west region at the prestigious Molson Beda Awards.