Anthony has done enough stand-up at the Fringe bar to know when the gig is up. Wise Guy is a mordant 60-minute story that explores the theme of processing trauma as a young, starving artist. Faced with a surreal-reality, he struggles to process the past and future as he tests positive for HIV, throwing his purpose, place and the punchline all into question.

Unopened power bills, the entire box collection of Seinfeld and a whole lotta RNZ Concert, Anthony’s life is probably better told through his art; his stand-up. When this cultivated lifestyle is interrupted by a staggering AIDs diagnosis, he is forced to confront the punch-drunk, sardonic nature of mortality, morality, and the fact: Jerry Seinfeld is coming to Wellington.