How to compress applauses?

I work recording audio conferences where the audience applauds a lot, and then I play my recordings in another auditorium. But the applauses become too mucho loud in the recordings (I use an excelent pair of speakers) and it hurts the ears of all the listeners, because the sound go until the peak and it bursts. When I use the compressor normally on my mixer (I use a soundcraft ui12 to play my audios), it compress also the conferencist´s voice, because sometimes the applauses are weaker, less stronger, than the conferencist´s voice, but their frequence is higher so it appears that they are louder.

Can I resolve this with a premiere pro audio effect?

Thank you!