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 performances

Two to One 12A

A group of clever East Germans seizes the chaotic post-GDR era in 1990 to retrieve hidden millions from an underground vault


Mon 5 May
14:15

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning 12A

After escaping a calamitous train crash, Ethan realises The Entity is stashed aboard an old Russian submarine, but a foe from his past named Gabriel is also on the trail


Mon 19 May
19:30

The Friend 15

Writer and teacher Iris finds her comfortable, solitary New York life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor bequeaths her his beloved 150 lb. Great Dane


Mon 5 May
17:15
20:25

Sinners 15

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back


Mon 5 May
19:45

NT Live: The Importance of Being Earnest PG

Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who, Sex Education) and Hugh Skinner (Fleabag, Mamma Mia, The Windsors) in this joyful reimagining


Mon 12 May
19:30

Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story 12A

Writer Edna O'Brien reflects upon her extraordinary life for filmmaker Sinéad O’Shea’s camera


Mon 5 May
17:20

The Penguin Lessons 12A

1976, as Argentina descends into violence and chaos, a world-weary English teacher regains his compassion for others thanks to an unlikely friendship with a penguin


Mon 5 May
15:00

The Salt Path 12A

Based on the memoir about a couple who lose their home and days later discover the husband has been diagnosed with a terminal illness as they embark on a year long coastal trek


Mon 2 Jun
11:00
14:45

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