Rupert Goold was appointed Artistic Director in February 2013, taking up the post full-time in September 2013. His association with the Almeida Theatre Company began in 2008 when he directed Stephen Adly Guirgis' "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot". In 2013 his Headlong theatre company co-produced the premiere of Lucy Kirkwood's "Chimerica", directed by Lyndsey Turner, at the Almeida: the show subsequently transferred to the West End, winning five Olivier Awards in 2014. Goold's first Almeida production as full-time artistic director was the world premiere production of "American Psycho: A new musical thriller" (initially programmed by Michael Attenborough), which ran from 3 December 2013 to 1 February 2014. In 2014 he directed the premiere of Mike Bartlett's play "King Charles III", which, following its sold-out run at the Almeida, transferred to Wyndham's Theatre and Broadway.