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 subtitles – 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 Williams Sound infrared hearing systems. Depot can provide special headphones, or you can connect your own hearing aid via a lanyard and receiver pack.

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For more information email or call 01273 525354

Upcoming Descriptive Subtitles Screenings
Hen 15
Seen through a chicken’s eyes, a Hen escapes captivity to a decaying Greek seaside restaurant, protecting her eggs whilst observing the complexity of human lives.
Sun 24th May
15:55
The Sheep Detectives PG
George is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can't possibly understand.
Mon 25th May
12:3015:40
The Devil Wears Prada 2 12A
Miranda Priestly navigates her career amid the decline of traditional magazine publishing, facing off against Emily Charlton, her one-time assistant, now a high-powered executive for a luxury group.
Mon 25th May
13:0017:45
The Christophers 15
The estranged children of a once great artist enlist Lori, a young painter and sometime-forger, to pose as a prospective assistant and gain access to a fabled series of unfinished canvases.
Mon 25th May
15:1520:30
Thu 28th May
13:15
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu 12A
The evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy.
Mon 25th May
20:1514:0017:15
Tue 26th May
17:00
Wed 27th May
14:00
NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World 12A
Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery.
Mon 1st Jun
20:00
NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses 15
BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel.
Mon 29th Jun
20:00

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