Andy Walmsley grew up 'In a trunk' in a showbiz family in Blackpool the U.K's answer to Las Vegas. He spent his childhood backstage in various Theaters and TV studios, literally sitting in a stroller in the wings watching his parents perform. ( his father was a famous Comedian and his mother performed a Fire eating speciality act ) A career in show business was inevitable but Andy was unsure of his direction and pursued various ambitions ranging from professional drummer to Jim Henson puppeteer. A short-lived 'phase' of wanting to become a TV cameraman led Andy directly to set design. Whilst making miniature set models to study the different camera angles and positions, his models improved and eventually he figured why not design the sets instead of shoot them.

A conversation with a family friend, the U.K. magician Paul Daniels, led to Andy being invited to design some props for the illusionist and soon after designed his TV series. A great achievement considering Andy had no training or experience in the field, even more astounding considering his age, just 15.

With a toe dipped in the water his career had begun and while at university studying set design, Andy worked as a stage hand on various operas, ballet and Summer Season spectaculars.

The day after Andy graduated from college he began work as an art director on a Jim Henson project (a strange coincidence considering early muppeteer ambitions) and then went to work in the legendary BBC television design department. The last term of college had been spent designing both a final college project for Andy's degree and also a Summer Season spectacular for a producer that Andy had worked for as a stage hand. To be designing a major theater show whilst still at college was unusual and the show became a big hit and led on to an unexpected spate of Theater work.

While Andy tried to focus on a TV career the Theater work kept on coming and none so important as 'Buddy, the Buddy Holly Story' a major West End musical with dozens of complicated scene changes and a kid six months out of college designing it.

When it opened, Andy was 21 and was the youngest designer ever to work in the West End - a record still unbroken! 'Buddy' ran in London for 13 years and soon became a huge international hit with a total of 22 duplicate versions running world wide. The show opened on Broadway, an experience Andy found hard to believe, just 18 months out of college.

As a designer of hit musicals, the TV dreams were on hold while Andy designed a string of West End shows and most notably Willy Russell's 'Blood Brothers' which opened in New York marking Andy's second Broadway musical in 2 years.

Eventually the TV producers found out about the kid designing musicals who really wanted to do TV, and finally his TV ambitions were realized. With the theater experience under his belt, Andy now found himself able to bring a fresh look to a jaded TV industry and in a very short time had designed literally dozens of TV Specials, Award Shows, Entertainment Shows for all the major networks and indies and three very prestigious Royal Variety Performances, which included meeting the Queen several times.

Andy had always wanted to design a quiz show but had so far not done so when a phone call came regarding a new show called... 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire". Andy designed the set in just a few days and three weeks later it had been built. What he had not realized was that the very different set he'd just created would change the visual face of quiz shows forever. The set for 'Millionaire' has been copied to the last detail identically in 108 countries including no less than three versions in the States alone... (As well as the ABC set there is one in both Disney World and Disneyland.) The 'Millionaire' set is the most duplicated scenic design in history.

Andy's work can be seen in every developed country on earth and he has created more than a dozen shows which have been reproduced globally making his set designs more duplicated than any other TV designer.

Andy designed the two most expensive sets seen on British television, 'Ice Warriors' and 'The People Versus'. Andy also designed the Laureus World Sports Awards which is the 'Oscars' of the sport world and was broadcast to one billion viewers world wide, and he was recently responsible for the groundbreaking design on 'Pop Idol' which along with 'Millionaire' are the two most successful UK entertainment shows of the last decade.

Andy had become the most prolific TV designer in the U.K TV industry. When he decided In January 2003 after ten years of threatening to do it , to move to his favorite country THE UNITED STATES. In 2005 he was granted a GREEN CARD. In just 5 short years Andy has designed dozens of shows in the states most notably hits.. AMERICAN IDOL, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE , THE SINGING BEE and AMERICAS GOT TALENT.

Andys career encompasses Musical Theater, Industrials, Television , Cruise ships, Circus, Las Vegas and even Architecture.

Andy is a multiple Emmy nominee.

In 2007 Andy and long time British friend Steve Parker set up a theatrical production company in Vegas ASIENT ENTERTAINMENT. The landed their first show almost immediately LOL WITH THE SCINTAS which is playing for a year at the Las Vegas Hilton. Asient Entertainment has secured the rights to SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO a Vegas shows based on the history of the world famous Apollo in new York. Asient are also working on a Liberace project.

Asient will be producing all UKLV events.