in-i - Juliette Binoche & Akram Khan: 8/10

When my girlfriend told me she'd bought tickets to this dance production at the Nation Theatre, I didn't know what to expect. I know nothing about dance; seldom go to the theatre; and hadn't even heard of Akram Khan, even though he is one of the world's leading choreographers. All I knew about Juliette Binoche was that she was a moustachiod French actress who'd appeared in the mind-numbingly dull English Patient.

But I was amazed. By the movements, both of Khan and the 44-year old Binoche; by the narrative, the lighting, the humour, the tenderness. I loved it. And despite my sleep-deprivation of the night before, I stayed alert and awake. Now, I feel smugly cultured, like I'm in on a secret that no-one else knows about. If you get a chance to see in-i, do.