Access & accessibility

Descriptive subtitles

Descriptive subtitling is a service for hearing-impaired or deaf people.

Every Monday the Depot programme includes a selection of films with descriptive subtitless – a transcription of the film’s dialogue, in English, along the bottom of the screen. A description of the sounds in the film is also included. Caption subtitled screenings are helpful for people with a hearing impairment – and also for those who just struggle with strong English language accents.

Our programme also includes many films subtitled into English from other languages. These may also be suitable for deaf or hearing-impaired audiences but won’t always include additional descriptions of sounds.

Please note: Descriptive subtitles are produced by the film distributors and, as it’s a costly process, not all distributors have a policy of providing caption subtitles for all of their films.

All auditoria are fitted with infrared hearing systems. Depot can provide special headphones, or you can plug in your own hearing aid via a lanyard. There are hearing loops around the box office and food counter.

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For more information email or call 01273 525354

Upcoming performances
Grand Theft Hamlet 15

Struggling actors Sam and Mark find solace from lockdown isolation by staging a production of Hamlet inside the videogame Grand Theft Auto.


Sat 14 Dec
16:00
Sun 15 Dec
17:45
Mon 16 Dec
20:15
Tue 17 Dec
13:30
18:15
Wed 18 Dec
13:00
Thu 19 Dec
14:45
The Universal Theory 15

Johannes, a doctor of physics, travels with his doctoral supervisor to a scientific congress in the Alps. A series of mysterious incidents occur on site


Mon 16 Dec
17:30
Queer 18

In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community


Mon 16 Dec
16:45
19:45
Conclave 12A

After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one


Mon 16 Dec
14:00
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl 12A

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light buried secrets


Mon 16 Dec
15:15
Wicked PG

Elphaba, an ostracized but defiant girl born with green skin, and Glinda, a privileged aristocrat born popular, become extremely unlikely friends in the magical Land of Oz


Mon 16 Dec
11:45
16:00
19:30

It is our policy that all our Monday screenings use descriptive subtitles where the distributors make the film available in that format.