STRANGER IN MY BED DIARY OF A DIVORCED WOMAN INTRODUCTION This is a one woman play of duration 90minutes fusing dance and storytelling enactment. The story talks about the life of a young girl, a performing artist, who gets into a long distance love and then a long distance marriage at the age of 25yrs to a military man. The struggle they had from being in a one roomed house to constructing a house and owning other property. The marriage was quite abusive emotionally, physically and sexually, and after 5 years of trying all ways to save the marriage, she leaves with nothing except one handbag and her baby and starts a new life. SYNOPSIS Stranger in my bed talks about the happy dating moments, the longing for marriage despite noticing that the man was fast to anger. It also talks about the marriage, the happy moments, the cherished moments and the bitter moments. The birth of their children, their life with the in-laws and their friends. It also talks about the challenges in the marriage. How the man, in the long distance marriage cheats on the wife, drinks too much, and forgets to provide for the family. How the woman is battered every so often the man comes home, but she succumbs and doesn’t share with her friends or family because of social pressures like a woman must be the one to make a home, thus she does not want to be a failure. She abandons her love for music and the arts and thus stops performing. The play talks about her struggles with the death of her son. Her battle to stay in the relationship against all odds. The physical and emotional abuse. Her attempts to save her marriage amidst social pressure. The near death experiences and the public humiliation. The story tells us about her turning point, her weakness and breaking points. This is the story of many women and men. Story of passionate love and forgiveness and hatred intertwined. It's here on Valentine's to share in the depth of our emotions and to remind us how precious love is, and the thin line between love and hatred. It's perhaps a reminder to hold dear to those we love coz marriage is golden, marriage is life, divorce is death.