8 things to do this week at the Old Red Lion Theatre, Museum of London, British Library, Redbridge Drama Centre and Hackney Empire

In Canon Alberic’s Scrap-Book, a young antiquary discovers the devil in the details of an old book in a medieval town.

Old Red Lion Theatre, 418 St John Street, EC1V 4NJ, Monday, December 12, 7.30pm. Details: 0844 412 4307

Clothes and Biographies

The museum holds a number of ‘wardrobes’, collections of clothing that belonged to one individual. Senior curator of fashion Beatrice Behlen will talk about the detective work required to find out about the original wearers, what clothes can reveal about a person’s life and what people’s wardrobes might tell us about wider social developments.

Museum of London, 150 London Wall, EC2Y 5HN, Monday, December 12, 6.30pm. Details: 020 7001 9844

Feast Festival

Expect huge Christmas trees, sparkling fairy lights, glittering reds, golds and greens – a quintessential English Yuletide with a twist. Snuggle up under blankets with mulled wine and cider in the covered and heated seating area. Winter cocktails, beers and magnums of red will be also be available from the decked out bar.

Shepherd’s Bush Yard, Goldhawk Road, W12 8HA, until Friday, December 23. Details: wefeast.co.uk

Paul Beatty in discussion

Come along for an evening with the 2016 Man Booker prize winner Paul Beatty. Beatty became the first American author to win the award with The Sellout, a caustic satire on US racial politics. It was a unanimous decision by the judges, who praised the book’s ‘savage wit’ and called it a ‘novel for our times’.

The novel’s protagonist, a young African American brought up on the outskirts of Los Angeles by a single father, is only known to the reader by his last name, Me. When his father is accidentally shot dead in a shootout, Me initiates the most outrageous action conceivable by attempting to reinstate slavery and segregate the local high school, a course of action that ultimately lands him in the Supreme Court.

The British Library, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB, Wednesday, December 14, 7pm. Details: 01937 546546

Defrosted

A big bonkers blast of fun with super-duo Cat and Nicko. Love that frosty film or hate it, you will laugh your pants off and get snowed on. Join these lovable clowns and the magical freezer for silliness, songs and parodies.

Redbridge Drama Centre, Churchfields, South Woodford, E18 2RB, Wednesday, December 14, 5pm. Details: 020 8708 8800

Where is the Covent Garden Reindeer?

There are eight reindeer on the loose in Covent Garden and you have to find them. Download the Blippar app and explore the Piazza in the hunt for Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen. Once you have found the whole flock, Rudolph will be ready and waiting to take a selfie with you.

Covent Garden, until Saturday, December 24. Details: coventgarden.london

Benighted

The ultimate creepy Christmas treat. Lost in the heart of wildest Wales on a treacherously stormy night, a group of travellers are left with no choice but to abandon their car and seek refuge in a ramshackle mansion. Soaked, hungry and exhausted from their ordeal, their relief at finally being indoors rapidly slips away as it becomes apparent that their gracious hosts for the evening, the peculiar Femm Family (and indeed the house itself), may be far more treacherous than the raging elements they have fled. A spine-chilling comedy that inspired The Rocky Horror Show and countless lesser imitators, Benighted is the original haunted house psychodrama brought to the stage for the very first time.

Old Red Lion Theatre, 418 St John Street, EC1V 4NJ, until Saturday, January 7. Details: 0844 412 4307

Sleeping Beauty

Once upon a time, a princess is born. Spurned at the celebration party, malevolent wicked fairy Carabosse casts an evil spell which changes the princess’s life forever. Will Princess Tahlia take charge of her own destiny? This spectacular family pantomime will be packed with colourful characters, knockabout comedy, show-stopping musical routines, magic and sparkle.

Hackney Empire, 291 Mare Street, E8 1EJ, until Sunday, January 8. Details: 02089 852424