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 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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Upcoming Descriptive Subtitles Screenings
Rental Family 12A
An American actor struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese "rental family" agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers.
Mon 26th Jan
11:45
Parent & Baby ONLY: H is for Hawk 12A
Parent & Baby Screening: After losing her beloved father, Helen finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk named Mabel.
Mon 26th Jan
12:00
Song Sung Blue 12A
Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams.
Mon 26th Jan
13:00
Hamnet 12A
The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
Mon 26th Jan
14:1520:15
Tue 27th Jan
20:25
H Is for Hawk 12A
After losing her beloved father, Helen finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk named Mabel.
Mon 26th Jan
17:15
Tue 27th Jan
17:15
Wed 28th Jan
20:00
Thu 29th Jan
17:10
Mon 26th Jan
14:40
London Short Film Festival presents My Eye Is My Ear 18
A long-standing highlight for Deaf audiences at LSFF, My Eye Is My Ear presents a selection of new UK short films exploring Deaf lives, culture and identity.
Mon 26th Jan
18:15
Marty Supreme 15
Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
Mon 26th Jan
19:50
Thu 29th Jan
17:00
Baby 15
After being released from a juvenile detention centre, Wellington finds himself alone and adrift on the streets of São Paulo.
Tue 17th Feb
20:30
NT Live: The Audience 12A
Returning to cinemas for the first time in over a decade, Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award® -winning hit production, directed by Stephen Daldry.
Mon 2nd Mar
20:00
National Theatre Live: All My Sons 15
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller's classic play.
Mon 20th Apr
20:15
NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World TBC
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.