The Vocal Quintet, Los Ladrones, was formed by Geoff Porter in 2013 to revive concert versions of Victorian and Edwardian British Musical Theatre and especially the lesser known works of Arthur Sullivan.

Performance dates for 2026 are:-

Thursday 12 March 2026          Stansted House - 2.30pm (doors open 2pm)
Sunday 3 May 2026                  Holy Trinity Church, Gosport 3.30pm - 4.30pm (Merrie England)
Friday 15 May 2026                  St John's Southbourne, West Sussex (Merrie England) 7pm

Members are Jane Marett (soprano), Irene Cooksey (mezzo), Simon Cooksey (tenor), John Butt (baritone) & Michael Powell (Bass Baritone). Accompanist is Nigel Smith and Narrator, Marion Porter.

Performance venues have been at Stansted House, Holy Trinity Church Gosport, St.Michael and all Angels Church Chalton, Oving Village Hall, Titchfield Parish Room, East Marden Church, Blendworth Church Centre, St Hubert's Idsworth, The Elms Bedhampton, St John's Southbourne and Bognor Regis Music Club.

List of works by rehearsal year (performance the following year)

2013              Contrabandista
2014              Sullivan extracts and The Zoo
2015              Captain Billy & Mr Jericho
2016              Cox and Box + Haddon Hall extracts
2017              The Foresters and extracts for Kenilworth, The Beauty Stone, The Chieftain, On Shore and Sea
                      and the Emerald Isle by Arthur Sullivan
2018              Cups & Saucers and G & S
2019              Alfred Cellier Evening - extracts from Dorothy and the Mountebanks
2020              Nil (Covid)
2021              Tom Jones and The Arcadians extracts
2022              The Spectre Knight and The Miller and His Man
2023              Charity Begins at Home and The Zoo
2024              The Waterman and The Beggar’s Opera extracts
2025              A Princess of Kensington and Merrie England extracts
2026              Castle Bang or Where's the Heiress and Carrottina, The Gardener's Daughter by George Grossmith