Proper noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see west, end.
A neighbourhood of London, England; Usually "the West End", that part of central London to the west of the City that houses shops, theatres, restaurants, museums, art galleries, etc.
Coordinate term: East End
(by extension) The English theatre industry
A small village in Waltham St Lawrence parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU8275).
A village in Eastleigh borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4714).
A small settlement in Benington parish, Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3846).
An inner city area of Edinburgh, Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2473).
A region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, composed of the cities and boroughs of Notre-Dame-de-Grace, Cote-Saint-Luc, Hampstead, Montreal West
Source: en.wiktionary.orgWest-end
Money's never an issue. I can go and work for a small studio theatre somewhere if it's a play I really care about, or do TV or a big commercial West End show. Conleth Hill
My dad took me for an audition once, to show me, OK, you want to be a child actor, this is what its like. I sang a folk song about donkeys on this West End stage with this big director, and there was a queue of 200 girls all singing Memory. I was terrible. Terrible. Emilia Clarke
I quite enjoy fame, especially when you go to conventions in America where they treat you like a god with stretch limos and the whole fame thing, but then when you come back to Britain, you end up changing in a toilet in a theatre off West End and that's really good, because that is what it's about. Sylvester McCoy
Luckily, West End audiences seem to rather like very old people. Wendy Hiller
There's something about doing theatre in London - it sinks a little bit deeper into your soul as an actor. It's something about the tradition of theatre, about performing on the West End stage. Christian Slater
At an age when most youngsters are preparing for their GCSEs, I was suddenly a jet-setter, briefly the toast of Hollywood and London's West End. My immature wishes and naive opinions were treated with respect. Jack Wild