Sun 26 Apr 08:00-15:00 (online voting) Free event In April 2019 Depot ran a fantastic European film day that was attended by 13 young people aged between 12-14. The aim of this Young Audience Award event is to celebrate European films that are made for young...

A whole raft of new courses have opened for booking at Depot, as the education department goes from strength to strength following on from a successful round of courses from last year. The new batch of courses include film making for 8 to 12 year olds, 13 to 18 year...

Saturday 22 June Depot will be revealing some of the ways in which it works to limit its impact on the environment in a day of free talks and events. Green Day, Saturday 22 June, explores how Depot is leading the way in sustainable cinema. With talks and events, we’ll...

Saturday 29 June A group of young film fans are to take over over Depot cinema for the day, screening films that they have specially selected. Obsession: A Cinematic Journey is the second annual film festival to be presented by Depot Young Programmers, the cinema's...

Saturday 1 June Ian Helliwell’s fascinating short films on the work of the internationally acclaimed sculptor William Pye are to be screened at Depot to coincide with a major exhibition. The films will be followed by an ‘in conversation’ session between William Pye,...

Wednesday 15 May Depot is to give visitors a taste of Polish cuisine - and an insight into the country's history - at a special 'food+film' supper club event. Pierogi (Polish dumplings) and stuffed cabbage, along with herring salad and vegetarian alternatives, are to...

Sunday 21, Monday 22 April Depot is to screen the cinematic landmark The Passion of Joan of Arc as part of the Words Without Sound silent film festival this Easter weekend. The festival, which also includes Murnau's 1927 masterpiece Sunrise, uses silent film as a tool...

Saturday 27 April Depot Cinema and Dolly Clothing host a day of inspiration and information about the clothes on our backs. Join us for a film, a panel discussion, a clothes swap and more! We start the day by screening The True Cost (12A), a groundbreaking documentary...

Saturday 6 April Depot is to hold another fundraising event in aid of the Lewes Food Banks. The public are invited to donate old DVDs, Blu-rays and VHS tapes, which will then be put on sale with a price tag of just £1 per item. The sale follows a similar event in...

Over the weekend of Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 January 2019, Depot held a series of events commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day. The weekend was organised by Lewes Holocaust Memorial Group in conjunction with the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. WORKSHOP: Torn From Home...

Sunday 30 September Did you know every time you play The National Lottery you're supporting British film as well as community projects in our local area? To say THANK YOU we're inviting you to join us and see a film on Lotto at Depot on Sunday 30 September 2018 to be...

18 August – 2 September Depot has celebrated a successful launch weekend for Artwave – the annual festival of artists and makers from Lewes, Seaford, Newhaven and surrounding villages. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the festival and a number of colour-themed...

18 August - 2 September We're celebrating Artwave - the annual festival of artists and makers from Lewes, Seaford, Newhaven and surrounding villages.  It's the 25th anniversary of the festival and a number of colour-themed events are taking place at Depot. We're...

Depot has won in two categories at the Lewes District Business Awards 2018, Depot Cinema, Kitchen and Bar was crowned Tourist Destination of the Year, sponsored by Uniglobe. There was also recognition for the cinema's director and programmer, Carmen Slijpen, who...

Wednesday 4 July Depot's youth group are taking over the cinema - at least for a day. On 4 July, the Depot Young Programmers will present their choice of films, as well as staging a live music gig and a film quiz. The theme of the first DYP Takeover Day is The Female...

18 - 24 June Depot is participating in Refugee Week 2018 with a number of special film screenings. Offered free for families from the local refugee communities, on Sunday 17 June we screen The Idol directed by the twice Oscar-nominated Hany Abu-Assad in which Mohammed...

21 - 26 May Green Week 2018 at Depot will explore ways that we're trying to limit our impact on the environment - and how we can all do our bit to help create a sustainable future. All week, we'll be sharing what we do at Depot ... and finding out your suggestions...

Monday 28 May Children's illustrator and workshop instructor Bec Garland is to host a children's creative workshop at Depot. Bank Holiday Monday, 28 May, 10:00 - 11:30 Build your own mini eco building. It could be a house, a castle, a skate park ... even a cinema!...

Saturday 23 June Join consultant and facilitator Anni Townend in conversation with nutritionist Daphne Lambert at a special food event in Depot's studio. Join in the 'pernickety picnic game' and share your food passions. Unravel the stories behind our food. Explore...

Depot has been shortlisted for a Royal Institute of British Architects South East Regional Award. It is one of 14 projects shortlisted in the region, from 44 entries. James Robinson, RIBA Regional Director said of the shortlist: “We are very lucky to have such...

Monday 2 April Accessibility and inclusivity are central to Depot's mission and on Monday 2 April we are celebrating World Autism Awareness Day. This day will launch Depot's ongoing series of sensory friendly screenings. In these regular screenings, there's an...

A copy of the opening night programme for the Odeon Cinema in Lewes has been shared with Depot and can be seen here. It is reproduced by kind permission of Mrs Rita Chaplin, whose mother Ella Funnell attended the opening night, in June 1934.  

Sundays in April On alternative Sundays in April, Depot will present a trilogy of epic films by the Italian director Sergio Leone and the Italian composer Ennio Morricone, considered by many as the finest collaboration in movie history. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly...

7 - 21 January Depot is to showcase the work of acclaimed British director David Lean early in 2018, with a thread featuring a triptych of his greatest works. The epics, to be screened on successive Sunday afternoons, will be presented on the big screen in restored 4K...

22 - 30 January A season of nail-biting thrillers comes to Depot, exposing the political tensions that reverberated across Europe in the 1970s. The 1970s was a decade when the social turmoil that marked the late 1960s gave way to a more strident politics that involved...

15 December, 18:00 Depot is play host to the launch of a collaborative book by local poet Grace Nichols and artist Neeta Pedersen. Sleeping Beauty Gives Her Spin is a tongue-in-cheek poem of the old fairy tale, beautifully illustrated by Neeta Pedersen. I was out for...

Laughton-based film-maker Jerry Rothwell speaks to David Bradford about his work, local inspirations and why the documentary form matters more than ever   What do you think of the new Depot cinema? How important are independent cinemas from a film-maker’s point...

8 - 14 December To accompany Depot’s screening of Human Flow, Ai Weiwei’s documentary on the global refugee crisis, Depot is to host a week-long exhibition demonstrating the benefits of urban agriculture and greening innovation to refugee communities in different...

10 - 23 November Depot is to screen a short film in support of the Lewes-based animal charity Raystede. The film, which will be shown before screenings of Paddington 2, has been produced by the charity as part of its #Heartbreak2happiness campaign. The campaign aims...

Thursday 9 Nov, 19:30 As part of Living Wage Week, Depot is to screen I, Daniel Blake, a gripping, human tale about the impact one man can make, from the director Ken Loach. The screening will be followed by a discussion on poverty in Lewes, led by the group Lewes for...

10 - 16 November Depot is one of a select number of UK venues to stage an interactive virtual reality experience accompanying the film Unrest - a documentary about the chronic fatigue syndrome ME. Unrest VR is an interactive non-fiction experience inspired by Jennifer...

Sunday 29 Oct 17:45 Oscar nominated screenwriter William Nicholson is to speak at Depot, in conversation with Depot Chair of Trustees Robert Senior. The question and answer session follows a screening of William's latest film, Breathe (pictured), which is on national...

Saturday 14 October Renowned film producer Christopher Sheppard is to appear at Depot in a question and answer session this weekend, following the 17:45 screening of his new film The Party, written and directed by Sally Potter. Christopher's portfolio includes the...

Saturday 30 Sept 17:00 Lewes-based milliners Lomax and Skinner will be at Depot to celebrate the launch of their new book, Millinery: The Art of Hat-Making, as part of the Gin & Fizz Festival. Sarah Lomax and Rachel Skinner have been making hats for more than...

Saturday 30 Sept Depot is to host an exclusive dinner as part of the Sussex Gin & Fizz Festival, with a screening of the Robert Altman film Gosford Park. The dinner is for a strictly limited number of guests and will take place in Depot's Gallery space. With a...

From Friday 29 Sept Marking the release of the controversial new film Mother!, Depot is to screen a short season of films by the acclaimed American director Darren Aronofsky, presented as double bills. His audacious new movie, Mother! (2017), is a psychological horror...

Sun 10 Sept Robert Senior, Depot chair of trustees, will be in conversation with the artist Stephen Chambers RA in a live question and answer session on Sunday 10th September. Familiar to Depot visitors as the creator of The Big Country (2012) screenprints permanently...

Brazilian duo Tudo Bem! are to be next in a line of varied artists to play the Depot's Sunday Brunch Live music sessions. This Sunday from 11am, Depot will swing to the sounds of Brazilian Bossa Nova and Samba Funk. The pair combine a wealth of experience to bring a...

Depot is to host its first artist in residence over the Bank Holiday weekend, in collaboration with the Artwave Festival. Mosaic artist Edi Jay Mandala will work from a pop-up studio at Depot on Saturday, Sunday and Monday (26 - 28 August), from 10:00 to 16:00....

CANCELLED DUE TO LARYNGITIS Americana singer/songwriter Kate Ellis is to perform at Depot this weekend, part of the increasingly popular Sunday Brunch series of live music sessions. The artist, who will showcase her music on 20 August accompanied by acoustic guitar...

Artwave, the annual festival of artists and makers across Lewes, Seaford and surrounding areas, comes to Depot this month. Free for visitors and open to all, Artwave is one of the most popular visual arts events in East Sussex. This year, over 500 artists are taking...

This Sunday's (6 Aug) live music brunch session features Terry Seabrook Piano Trio. The leader/pianist of top UK Latin Jazz band Cubana Bop, as well as Milestones, Triversion and The TS Quintet, Terry Seabrook also runs the Monday jazz sessions at The Snowdrop Inn in...

There were fantastic audience reactions following Depot's live screening of Angels In America: Millennium Approaches (a collection of which can be viewed here). Millennium Approaches ended on a major cliffhanger: Louis and Joe are about to start a relationship, and an...

Depot is to host five special screenings of Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle, featuring a Q and A session with the film's director. Billed as 'perhaps the most important British film since I, Daniel Blake' by The Big Issue, the film is a feature...

Depot has a real treat lined-up for this week's Sunday Brunch Sessions. The Self Help Group has been credited with producing recorded music that incorporates the sound of 70s Laurel Cayon, the harmonies and melodies of Crosby Stills & Nash, America and Fleetwood...

Billie Turner isn't a dreamer, she's a doer. She sets her mind to a task and then navigates the best way to its successful completion. Luckily for Depot nearly all her ambitions lie within the realm of cinema. Billie arrived at the Pinwell Road venue via a break from...

Paul Richards is responsible for running the most successful Jazz night in Brighton. Every Tuesday 'The Brunswick Jazz Jam' brings out seasoned music lovers to witness a wealth of local talent and international artists who perform onstage with Paul’s rotating house...

Depot Chair of Trustees Robert Senior was lucky enough to take in a full performance of Angels In America: A Gay Fantasia, before the National Theatre (NT) production comes to the Depot big screen later this month. Robert Senior writes: "Angels in America is an...

By popular demand from those who frequent Depot of a Sunday; Lewes based jazz pianist Terry Seabrook returns for the Brunch Sessions. Over the past four weeks customers have been flocking to Pinwell Road in ever increasing numbers with their Sunday papers, assorted...

From its South Bank home, the National Theatre (NT) brings to the Depot big screen - Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia. Angels in America is a 1993 play in two parts by American playwright Tony Kushner. The play is a complex, often metaphorical, and at times symbolic...

Opera lovers will be able to enjoy the full Glyndebourne experience when Hamlet in operatic form is screened at Depot cinema, Lewes; live from the iconic opera house. While Glyndebourne goers are enjoying their picnic, Depot visitors will be able to do the same thanks...

Depot is ready to serve up a real treat for its forthcoming Sunday Brunch live event (Sunday 2nd July at 11am). Over the past three weeks customers have been flocking to Pinwell Road in ever increasing numbers with their Sunday papers, assorted friends and family...

One month to the day since its opening, Depot has achieved one its main goals; to sell-out all three screens in one sitting. On Sunday evening (25th June) Wonder Woman and The Red Turtle sold out well before their start times, so late comers turned their attention to...

At Depot it's week three of Sunday Brunch, with musical accompaniment, where people have been flocking to Pinwell Road at 11am with their Sunday papers, assorted friends and family members and taking in the relaxed atmosphere, locally sourced menu and talented...

To be, or not to be. This is Hamlet’s dilemma, and the essence of Shakespeare’s most famous and arguably greatest work, given new life in operatic form in this original Glyndebourne commission. Thoughts of murder and revenge drive Hamlet when he learns that it was his...

Depot is proud to be one of the selected cinema's to host the UK premiere of Alone In Berlin, live from The Imperial War Museum on Monday 26 June. The special advance screening will take place from London’s world renowned Imperial War Museum giving the audience at...

Passion oozes from George Pearl’s every pore. Whether it be cinema, or work, or leisure, his larger than life character is both mesmerising and intoxicating. George originally applied for the post of Depot Bar Manager, but at the interview stage his enthusiasm and...

This coming Sunday, 18th June, is not only Father's Day but also the second in a series of Depot's Sunday brunch, with musical accompaniment. The weather is once again set fine, tables and chairs are a plenty and the menu is getting mighty praise. So this Sunday, from...

Every Monday Depot showcases the greatest films ever made. This week a full house marvelled at La Strada .. and next up is Manhattan; a portrait of a modern metropolis and the messy lives of its inhabitants. It's a love letter from a hometown hero that remains ones of...

Depot is doing a series of events featuring live music – Americana, jazz and classical. Lovely food, excellent entertainment and perhaps a film to finish. This coming Sunday, 11 June, Depot will offer a little light entertainment alongside their popular brunch menu....

Daphne du Maurier was a romantic novelist born in 1907 who lived and wrote mainly in Cornwall. She was regarded as a popular rather than literary author at the time but her books have grown in stature over the years and she is now regarded as one of Britain’s most...