Simone Linhof has a teacher degree for ballet from the Royal Academy of Dancing London. She studied production management at the Munich Film School as well as theatre science; communication and media law at the University in Munich. Following her masters degree she worked as a personal assistant to the Managing Director for Andrew Lloyd Webbers Really Useful Group in London. From 2000-2007 she was Casting Director for Stage Entertainment in Hamburg and responsible for the casting of all German shows. (Elisabeth; Disney's Lion King; Mamma Mia; Blue Man Group; Beauty and the Beast a.o.)
She consulted musical productions in Moscow and Paris and was involved in creating the concept for the Joop van den Ende Academy in Hamburg, where she still figures as a member of the examination jury.
Since 2007 she acts as Associate Producer of Stage Entertainment Germany, where she was responsible for producing licensed shows like Dance of the Vampire Berlin; Wicked Stuttgart as well as originally developed Stage-productions like Der Schuh des Manitu in Berlin and Sister Act in Hamburg.