house lights

British  

plural noun

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

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Example Sentences

And I like to keep the house lights up a little bit, so that I can look into their eyes and scare the s--- out of them.

From Washington Post

When the lasers stopped and the house lights lifted, Westbrook emerged from the darkness underneath the basket closest to the Lakers’ bench, looking the other direction from his former teammates.

From Los Angeles Times

When he left, the stage manager walked up to me, and he was like, "Look man, the house is at like 80%. We're going to turn the house lights down for you, but that's all I could do."

From Salon

In “Love,” for example, the house lights remain on and the actors portraying the people at the shelter often sit amid‌ or walk around audience members, as if to say they are us and we are them, separated only by circumstance.

From New York Times

Many theaters offer low sensory performances now, including the Alamo Drafthouse which has regular "sensory friendly" screenings where "the house lights are left a little brighter and the sound is turned down a little lower."

From Salon