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House 觀眾席
The part of the building the audience occupies. "House open" means the audience may come in, which fixes the moment work on stage has to stop. The word also attaches to anything belonging to the venue rather than to the visiting production.
中文
觀眾所在的區域。「開 house」是放觀眾入場，也就是台上工作必須停下來的時間點。這個字也用來指場地自備、而不是製作帶來的東西。
Regional usage
| Where | Term | Note |
|---|---|---|
| HK | 觀眾席 | 康文署官方中文技術資料使用「觀眾席」，英文版寫 auditorium。 |
| TW | 觀眾席 |
Easy to get wrong
House left and house right are read from the audience's seat and are the mirror image of stage left and stage right. This reverses on every call.
House lights, house sound and house rig mean the venue's own equipment. None of them refer to the seating area.
中文「前台」偏向觀眾服務單位，「觀眾席」才是 house 這個空間，兩者不能互換。
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Sources
- Parts of a theatre — Wikipedia primary
- 香港大會堂劇院詳細技術設施資料（中文） — 康樂及文化事務署
- Hong Kong City Hall Theatre — technical specification — Leisure and Cultural Services Department
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