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Just two months after she moved to the Spanish
capital the country went into lockdown, depriving her and
thousands of others who work in the arts of a job and shattering
her plans for 2020.
Confined to her flat and filled with disappointment and boredom,
Yara, 39 decided to create a YouTube channel for her show "Leo
the Lion and his Friends".
She shot and uploaded videos with children's stories, poems and
songs and captured an audience of youngsters.
"It helped me, it was therapeutic and stopped me from feeling
down and it gave me a creative outlet," Yara said.
"I think that in times of crisis creativity surges and you start
working with what you have at home. As I'm a puppeteer,
fortunately I have a lot of puppets I can work with."
She can't wait to start performing in front of children again,
and experience the reaction of a live audience.
Spain has suffered one of the world's worst COVID-19 outbreaks
but has been gradually reopening since May. The lockdown will
end on June 21 but certain restrictions will remain in place,
such as social distancing and the use of masks.
(Reporting by Michael Gore, Elena Rodriguez and Catherine
Macdonald; Editing by Alexandra Hudson)
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