Born close to the Fairy Tale Road in Germany which connects the locations of many tales the Brothers Grimm collected, Simone grew up surrounded by stories. When she moved to Ireland, she founded the storytelling theatre StoryGate (https://scanner.topsec.com/?d=1464&r=show&u=www.storygate.net&t=3b22a6174feb8c8b5e0d30f01921b5b3dd438e8e) together with Irish teller and puppeteer Michael Phelan.