Joan Knight (27 September 1924 – 20 December 1996),[1] OBE, was a British stage manager and director.
[1] She taught elocution and drama at a girls' school and at an adult education centre.
[6] When she took on the role of artistic director, the theatre was in a poor financial position and she "played it safe" for the first few years.
She persuaded the Gannochy Trust to invest in a multi-million pound upgrade to the building.
[6] As part of the 1991 Perth Festival of the Arts, she produced Peace Child, featuring a cast of more than 100 young people from around the world, which ran for nice sell-out performances.
[1] The DK Thomson Award was given annually to "the person who has done most to further cultural or recreational activities" in Perth and Kinross.
[5] She received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from Queen Margaret College in Edinburgh in 1996, shortly before she died.
[5] Knight died of cancer in at her Gannochy home in Perth on 20 December 1996 aged 72.
[1][6][3] Perth Theatre paid tribute to her by dimming the lights in its foyer and marquee on the evening of her death.