Relaxed Screenings and Visits

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Relaxed Screenings and Visits

Here at Watershed we want to be as welcoming, inclusive and accessible as we can for everyone: for all of our customers, audiences, staff and visitors.

Our relaxed screenings and visits are designed to benefit our customers with additional needs (such as people living with dementia, autism, or other neurodivergent people and their personal assistants, friends and family) or anyone who wants to enjoy a film or a visit at Undershed in a more relaxed, spacious environment. Everyone is welcome.


Here's what you can expect at a Relaxed Screening:

  • Reduced Capacity - The capacity for the cinema will be set at 60% of our usual capacity to ensure there's enough room between audience members
  • The cinema doors will open 20 minutes before the screening start time
  • We won't show any trailers or adverts and the film will start promptly at its advertised start time
  • The lights will be up a little
  • The sound will be down a little
  • You are welcome to move around the cinema, to talk and make noise, and to exit and enter the cinema as you please
  • There will be lots of space in the cinema so you can spread out or lie down if you choose.
  • It is very informal and yoga mats and beanbags will be available
  • We will screen films with Descriptive Subtitles whenever they are available
  • We will provide a separate quiet space where you can chill out if you need to
  • Our staff will be around to help with whatever you need.

Here's what you can expect at a Relaxed Visit at Undershed:

  • Maximum of 6 people in the space so you can spend longer with each of the artworks 
  • Gallery Assistants will have more time to spend with you if you need them and explain what to expect so you can choose which if the artworks you are comfortable to try.
  • More seating options for you to rest and relax.
  • The welcome space is a quiet space where you can chill out if you need it.

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Upcoming Relaxed Screenings

Point Break

classified 15
Point Break
Wed 13 Nov 15:30 (AD)
Film

Point Break stars Keanu Reeves as FBI agent Johnny Utah, who goes undercover with a gang of surfers, led by Patrick Swayze’s Bodhi, who are suspects in a series of bank robberies.

Blitz

classified 12A
Blitz
Sun 17 Nov 11:40 (AD, DS)
Film

Steve McQueen’s visually dazzling tour de force is a moving and expansive tapestry of British life during the decisive moments of the Second World War.

Sing The Body Electric​ Collection 1

classified  Sing The Body Electric
Sing The Body Electric​ Collection 1
Wed 20 Nov 15:45
Immersive Exhibition

With four artworks that explore tactile contact and gesture, this unique collection explores how our bodies engage with the people and environments that surround us.

Conclave

classified 12A PS
Conclave
Tue 3 Dec 14:40 (AD, DS)
Film

Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci revel in the ritual and intrigue surrounding the process of choosing a new pontiff, in this tantalisingly tense Vatican-set drama.

Sing The Body Electric​ Collection 2

classified  Sing The Body Electric
Sing The Body Electric​ Collection 2
Sun 8 Dec 16:30, Fri 20 Dec 15:45
Immersive Exhibition

The second collection in Undershed explores what lies just beyond the edge of our perception and is revealed through unusual ways of encountering a story.

Silent Movie

classified PG S Slapstick 2025
Silent Movie
Thu 13 Feb 2025 09:45
Film

Silent Movie charts the attempts by Mel Brooks and the lost-too-young Marty Feldman to make a silent film.

Slapstick Kids: The Haunted Mansion

classified PG Slapstick 2025
Slapstick Kids: The Haunted Mansion
Sun 16 Feb 2025 10:15
Film

Eddie Murphy plays the lead in this comedy send-up of every horror film ever.


Tickets

£8.50 full / £5.00 concessions and under 24s, and personal assistants go free.

Access

Our building is fully accessible – visit our Access Page for all the details. We also have a Visual Story you can view to help you to become familiar with the new surroundings.

Sign up to our Accessible Mailing list for regular updates about forthcoming accessible screenings and events.

We really want to hear your feedback on relaxed screenings

Email us at access@watershed.co.uk, call 0117 927 5100 or speak to us in person to let us know what you think and if there's anything we can improve.