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
Supergirl 12A
Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, joins forces with an unlikely companion on an interstellar journey of vengeance and justice when an unexpected adversary strikes too close to home.
Sun 5th Jul
20:00
Mon 6th Jul
15:30
Parent and Baby Only: The Invite 15
Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbours for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places.
Mon 6th Jul
12:00
Birds of War 15
The love story of London-based Lebanese journalist and Syrian-based activist/cameraman over thirteen years of revolutions, war and exile.
Mon 6th Jul
13:30
My Father’s Island 15
In an effort to reconnect with his estranged father, 13-year-old Londoner Roy agrees to spend a formative year of adventure on a remote Island deep in the Norwegian fjords.
Mon 6th Jul
14:50
Thu 9th Jul
20:15
Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day 12A
Based on Virginia Woolf’s funniest novel, Night & Day is an un-romantic comedy about a passionate astronomer.
Mon 6th Jul
15:30
The Invite 15
Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbours for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places.
Mon 6th Jul
17:3020:35
Toy Story 5 PG
When Bonnie receives a Lilypad tablet as a gift and becomes obsessed, Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang's jobs become exponentially trickier.
Mon 6th Jul
17:50
Wed 8th Jul
16:00
The Last Viking 15
After serving fifteen years in prison, bank robber Anker is determined to recover the stolen money his brother Manfred buried years earlier.
Mon 6th Jul
18:00
Tue 7th Jul
20:15
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 6th Jul
20:00
Parent & Baby ONLY: Moana SING ALONG PG
Parent & Baby: Moana answers the Ocean's call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island with an infamous demigod on an unforgettable journey to restore prosperity to her people.
Mon 13th Jul
12:00
The Odyssey TBC
Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War.
Sat 18th Jul
12:30
Mon 20th Jul
19:30
Parent & Baby ONLY: The Odyssey TBC
Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. For those with babies under 12 months only.
Mon 20th Jul
12:00
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.
Fri 31st Jul
16:35
Sun 2nd Aug
19:20
Mon 3rd Aug
13:1516:35
Tue 4th Aug
13:15
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (3D) 12A
3D screenings: 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 3rd Aug
20:00

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