SECOND ACT

Watching Morgan Davies’s screen performance as teen trans character Oberon is so raw, vulnerable and heartbreaking it’s almost too much to bear. During the 10 episodes of the Foxtel black comedy The End, we follow Oberon’s difficult journey as he transitions from a female, Titania, and the battle for acceptance he wages not only with his father but with himself. Suicide attempts and drug abuse are just some of the coping mechanisms at play. Although the series is often laugh-out-loud funny it can be tough viewing.

It’s a powerhouse performance by the Sydney actor, and a particularly brave role to undertake when you learn how closely the storyline follows Davies’s own life.

Now 19, the acclaimed young actor was born female, as Morgana Davies, and discovered acting in unconventional fashion. Growing up in Sydney’s inner-western suburb of Rozelle with a single mother, Davies was only seven when he first auditioned for a role in a film after his mum Elaine