Representative from East on stage during meeting (8)
I believe the answer is:
delegate
'representative' is the definition.
(delegate is a kind of representative)
'east on stage during meeting' is the wordplay.
'east' becomes 'e' ('E' can be a synonym of 'east').
'on stage' becomes 'leg' ('leg' can be a synonym of 'stage'. I am not sure about the 'on' bit.**).
'during' is an insertion indicator.
'meeting' becomes 'date' (date is a kind of meeting).
'e'+'leg'='eleg'
'eleg' placed into 'date' is 'DELEGATE'.
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for delegate that I've seen before include "One represents" , "Deputy, representative" , "One sent to represent others" , "Entrust responsibility to an agent" , "Representative sent to meeting" .)