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.

Other performances with descriptive subtitles are scheduled throughout our weekly programme. These will change each week to offer a variety of descriptive subtitled screening times available for different films.

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
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma 15
After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection ...
Sun 30th Aug
20:00
Mon 31st Aug
20:15
Coyote vs. Acme PG
After Acme products fail him one too many times in his dogged pursuit of the Roadrunner, Wile E. Coyote decides to hire a billboard lawyer to sue the Acme Corporation.
Mon 31st Aug
11:30
The End of Oak Street 12A
After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighbourhood to someplace unknown, a family soon discovers that their survival depends on them sticking together.
Mon 31st Aug
13:15
Tue 1st Sep
18:15
Spider-Man: Brand New Day 12A
A forgotten Peter Parker lives alone as a full-time Spider-Man until mounting pressure triggers a dangerous change and a powerful new enemy emerges.
Mon 31st Aug
13:45
The Odyssey 15
Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War.
Mon 31st Aug
14:00
Tony 15
A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.
Mon 31st Aug
17:30
Thu 3rd Sep
18:00
Bitter Christmas 15
aúl is a cult filmmaker in the midst of a creative crisis. When tragedy strikes one of his closest collaborators, he draws inspiration from it to write his next film
Mon 31st Aug
17:4520:30
Wed 2nd Sep
20:15

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