The New York Times

A King Becomes the Fool in a South Seas Scandal By JASON ZINOMAN
"...you need to see the whimsical "Jester of Tonga," a rare example of puppet theater about bad investments."

The Village Voice

Waves and The Jester of Tonga Give Multimedia Some Hope By Alexis Soloski
"Rarely has a mechanical performance seemed such a delight."

PaperMag

Stage Notes: Jester of Tonga By Tom Murrin
"Joseph Silovsky is one of Downtown's most unique performance artists"

The Gothamist

Opinionist: Jester of Tonga By John Del Signore
"Silovsky tells the tale with an impressive variety of hand-made machines, puppets, and video, with most of the devices emerging as needed from inside the twenty suitcases littering the stage."