A drawn cinema stage. Red velvet curtains open onto the screen, which plays short drawn trailers for the five films now showing at Sapphire: Harmattan Run, The Last Danfo, Queen of Oke-Ado, Lagoon Ghosts, Starlight over Dugbe. Use the buttons below to change trailer, pause or close the curtain.
Now showing across Ibadan
The curtain is up
Five new films on eighteen screens across Ibadan. Pick a film, pick your seat and pay in a minute. The popcorn is already warm.
- Next show 6:40pm
- Sapphire Grand 38 seats left
- Velvet 9 recliners left
- Popcorn wait 4 min
- Car park 61% full
The map is the menu
Find your way around Sapphire
Our Ring Road flagship is a small town of screens, snacks and party rooms. Walk it here before you visit. Every area opens its own page.
Five films this week
Now showing
Every film is in our listings for at least three weeks, with matinees on weekends and late shows on Fridays and Saturdays.
Harmattan Run
A dispatch rider has one night to carry a sealed parcel from Ibadan to the coast while the harmattan closes the roads.
From ₦4,000
The Last Danfo
A conductor on the final night of his old yellow bus decides to drive every passenger home, whatever it takes.
From ₦3,500
Queen of Oke-Ado
In 1930s Ibadan a cloth trader's daughter becomes the unlikely voice of a market that refuses to be moved.
From ₦4,000
Lagoon Ghosts
Four friends rent a lagoon house for a weekend and learn why the boatmen will not cross after dark.
From ₦4,000
Starlight over Dugbe
A girl and her grandfather build a kite big enough to carry a wish over the rooftops of the old city.
From ₦3,000
Pick a time, pick a seat
Today's times at Ring Road
Tap a time to go straight to the seat map with the film and show already chosen.
Loading today's times.
Times shown are for Sapphire Ring Road today. Choose another cinema on the listings page. Example data for this demo.
Screens and seats
Four ways to watch
Choose the room as carefully as the film. Every format runs on solar with a diesel backup, so the show never stops for NEPA.
Sapphire Grand
A 22 metre screen, 412 stepped seats and sound that travels around the room. Built for the big chase and the big finish.
Velvet
36 leather recliners, blankets and a waiter at the press of a button.
Kids' Den
Lights a little up, volume a little down, beanbags at the front.
Standard
Laser picture, wide seats and every new release first.
Prices
Ticket prices, on one stub
No booking fee when you pay with Receivly or transfer, and children under two sit on a lap for free.
Sapphire Grand adds ₦2,500, Velvet is ₦9,500 flat with a blanket and at-seat service. Example rates for this demo.
Food and drinks
The popcorn is already warm
Fresh, hot and quick. Most guests are through the counter in under five minutes, and pre-orders skip the queue altogether.
Suya spice popcorn
Our best seller: salted popcorn with a dusting of yaji pepper and groundnut, ₦2,500 for a regular.
Puff-puff by the box
Twelve warm puff-puff with sugar or pepper dip, made fresh every hour, ₦2,000.
Order to your seat
Order on the site before you leave home. Collect at the fast lane or, in Velvet, it comes to you.
Date night combo
Two regular popcorns, two chilled zobo or soft drinks and a puff-puff box, ₦8,500.
Celebrate here
Birthdays and private shows
Our party team runs more than forty birthdays a month across Ibadan. They handle the cake, the room and the noise.
Kids' birthday parties
A themed party room, a host, popcorn and juice for every child and a private screening of the film they choose. Ten to thirty guests.
Plan a party
Private screenings
Hire a Velvet screen or the whole Sapphire Grand for a launch, a church film night, staff day or a premiere. Bring your own film or choose ours.
Check datesMembers
The Sapphire Club
Example figures for this demo.
Join free and collect a point for every ₦100 you spend on tickets and snacks. Ten points take ₦100 off, and members get the Tuesday price on Wednesdays too. Gold and Sapphire tiers add free monthly tickets, Velvet upgrades and early booking for premieres.
Reviews
What Ibadan says
From guests at our three cinemas.
We came for The Last Danfo and laughed until my husband was crying. Booking the seats on my phone took a minute and the popcorn was waiting at the fast lane.
My son's seventh birthday in the Kids' Den was the easiest party I have ever thrown. The host knew every child's name by the end.
Velvet on a Friday is my treat to myself. The recliners are properly comfortable and the light came back on at the right time, not before the end credits.
Help
Before you come
Quick answers to the questions we hear most at the box office.
Do I need to print my ticket?
No. Show the QR code in your account, on WhatsApp or in your email at the door. The box office can also find your booking with your phone number.
What if NEPA takes light?
All three cinemas run on solar with a diesel generator behind it. In the last year we lost fewer than ten minutes of screen time across eighteen screens.
Can I bring food from outside?
Please don't bring outside food into the halls, but baby food and medical needs are always fine. Our menu starts at ₦500.
Is there parking?
Yes, free and guarded. Ring Road has 220 spaces, Iwo Road 180 and Bodija 90, open until thirty minutes after the last show.
Ask for times, book seats or check a party date at 2am if you like. It hands over to a person between 10am and 10pm.
+234 800 000 0332Install the site like an app for tickets offline at the door and faster loading on weak network.
WhatsApp the Ring Road team on +234 800 000 0331, 10am to 10pm. Example details for this demo.
Open WhatsAppJournal
From the journal
Notes from the people who run the screens.
Your seat is waiting
Book in a minute with Receivly or bank transfer, or ask our assistant to do it for you in the chat.