| West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream | | | | theatre. Seeing a West End show is a common tourist |
| professional theatre in London, or sometimes more | | | | activity in London.London theatres may well be thought |
| specifically for shows staged in the theatres of | | | | of as being predominantly in the West End, but it is by |
| London's "Theatreland". Along with New York's | | | | no means an exclusive market, with superb theatres |
| Broadway, West End theatre (not exclusively) is | | | | and productions being performed out of the limelight of |
| usually considered to represent the highest level of | | | | the West End. |