house lights

plural noun

1. the lights in the auditorium of a theatre, cinema, etc

Example Sentences

Again and again Monday night the house lights would come up at precisely the moment when you might’ve expected Bryan to strike some rock-god pose, drawing your eye instead to the thousands of others watching him watch them.

From Los Angeles Times

“House lights up,” the 43-year-old singer said in a video shared to TikTok.

From Los Angeles Times

But under the house lights each week on live TV, Johnson knows storylines are sold on his Hollywood heel persona.

From Seattle Times

That mirror point is driven home when during the aria “You want the story, but you don’t want to know,” the rich bass baritone of Kenneth Kellogg, as Malcolm, carries throughout McCaw Hall, and the house lights come up on the audience.

From Seattle Times

The house lights turned on as he made a three-point turn to leave, Walsh said.

From Seattle Times