KAMISHIBAI

Japanese storyteller Yushi Yasuno presenting a performance of Kamishibai, or paper theatre, one of the events at the Atelier Bow-wow a venue used for performances during the 2008 Liverpool Biennial, the UK’s largest contemporary international arts festival. Atelier Bo-wow was founded in 1992 in Japan and is dedicated to “the practice of lively space”. The Biennial commenced on September 20 and runs until the end of November. Liverpool was also 2008 European Capital of Culture. (Photo by Colin McPherson/Corbis via Getty Images)