The Portsmouth Underbelly Tour will celebrate it’s 10th year in 2014 though it has become much more than a tour. Each year the tour grows and grows and each year the season grows longer. (One wench named Minerva actually had to remove snow from her cleavage after a late-season tour was scheduled!) In the past their have been various incarnations of the tour and the guides are frequently booked out for private parties and affairs. Bachelorette parties seem to be the most popular though we have entertained the non-invited guests at wedding rehearsal dinners, birthday parties, numerous corporate events and celebrated one woman’s happy divorce.
Portsmouth Underbelly: Unplugged has moved the guides inside and has added music to the mix. All the guides are musical and when we go indoors and add our lovely musician we are able to offer “adult” songs into the mix. These shows also allow us to explore many other subjects that are not directly related to the tour route. The history of condoms, the ebbs and flows of prostitution in the country, the two Madames of Portsmouth, the true story of Betsy Ross, the murderous past of John Paul Jones, the piracy of Governor John Langdon and a more in-depth account of accused spy Silas Deane. These “unplugged” events occur twice a year and are standing room only affairs!